bolværk — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
bolværk is used for these senses in English:
- rampart A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
bulwark — full definition
- noun A defensive wall or rampart.
- noun A defense or safeguard.
- noun A breakwater.
- noun 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.
rampart — full definition
- noun A defensive wall or raised bank of earth surrounding a fort or town, often topped with a walkway.
- noun Anything that serves as a protective barrier or defence.