brystværn — meaning in English
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English meaning
- battlement noun In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- breastwork noun A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
Senses
brystværn is used for these senses in English:
- battlement In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- breastwork A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
battlement — full definition
- noun In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- noun Any high wall for defense.
- noun The towering roof of heaven.
breastwork — full definition
- noun A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
- noun A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
- noun Breast augmentation.