Bollwerk — meaning in English

English meaning

• bastion noun A projecting section of a fort or castle wall, built to give defenders a better line of fire.
• bulwark noun A defensive wall or rampart.
• rampart noun A defensive wall or raised bank of earth surrounding a fort or town, often topped with a walkway.

Senses

Bollwerk is used for these senses in English:

• bastion (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.

bastion — full definition

1. noun A projecting section of a fort or castle wall, built to give defenders a better line of fire.
2. noun A place, group, or person that firmly protects and upholds something, such as an idea or value.

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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