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breastwork in Kurdish

breastwork in Kurdish is parapet — breastwork means a low wall built as a defence, about chest height.

breastwork in Kurdish

parapet
noun
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.

What does "breastwork" mean?

  1. noun A low wall built as a defence, about chest height.
    "A cannonproof breastwork, built during the previous war, extended along the beach from the hills to the rocks."
  2. noun (nautical) A rail running along a ship's quarterdeck and forecastle.
  3. noun Surgery to enlarge or reshape the breasts.
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breastwork in a sentence

  • A cannonproof breastwork, built during the previous war, extended along the beach from the hills to the rocks.
  • Before long we had flung enough sand-bags into place to make a low breastwork behind which the few men who were on this side of the position could lie down and fire.

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What is "breastwork" in Kurdish?
"breastwork" in Kurdish is parapet. breastwork means: A low wall built as a defence, about chest height.
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