schans — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bulwark noun A defensive wall or rampart.
Senses
schans is used for these senses in English:
- bulwark A defense or safeguard.
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.