verschansing — meaning in English

English meaning

• bulwark noun A defensive wall or rampart.

Senses

verschansing is used for these senses in English:

• bulwark A defense or safeguard.
• bulwark (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.

bulwark — full definition

1. noun A defensive wall or rampart.
2. noun A defense or safeguard.
3. noun A breakwater.
4. 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.

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