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Bulwark
Bulwark Bul"wark, n. [Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw. bolwerk, Dan. bolv["a]rk, bulv["a]rk, rampart; akin to G. bohle plank, and werk work, defense. See Bole stem, and Work, n., and cf. Boulevard.] 1. (Fort.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. 2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection. The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our island. --Blackstone. 3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck. Syn: See Rampart.
Bulwark
Bulwark Bul"wark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bulwarked; p. pr. & vb.n. Bulwarking.] To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect. Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed With rising towers. --Glover.

Meaning of Bulwarks from wikipedia

- Look up bulwark in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bulwark primarily refers to: Bulwark (nautical), a nautical term for the extension of a ship's side...
- Navy have borne the name HMS Bulwark, after the reference to the Navy as the 'bulwark' (defence) of the country: HMS Bulwark was to have been a 74-gun third...
- media related to Bulwark, Chepstow. BBC: Bulwarks Camp Archived 21 July 2012 at archive.today. Accessed 16 February 2012 Cadw: Bulwarks Camp. Accessed 16...
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- USS Bulwark is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy: USS Bulwark (AMc-66), renamed Avenge on 23 May 1941 USS Bulwark (AMc-68), a coastal minesweeper...
- HMS Bulwark is the second ship of the Royal Navy's Albion-class ****ault ships. She is one of the United Kingdom's two landing platform docks designed...
- The sixth HMS Bulwark of the Royal Navy was a 22,000 ton Centaur-class light fleet aircraft carrier. Initially commissioned as a light aircraft carrier...
- HMS Bulwark was one of five London-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy at the end of the 19th century. The Londons were a sub-class...
- The Bulwark is a 1946 (posthumous) novel by Theodore Dreiser. Hannah and Rufus Barnes, both Quakers, move out of Maine to Trenton, New Jersey, where Hannah's...