bulwark

  1. Noun.  A defensive wall or rampart.
  2. Noun.  A defense or safeguard.
  3. Noun.  A breakwater.
  4. Noun.  (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.