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n. A wall or embankment raised as a defensive fortification; a rampart.

n. Something serving as a defense or safeguard: "We have seen the necessity of the Union, as our bulwark against foreign danger” ( James Madison).

n. A breakwater.

n. The part of a ship's side that is above the upper deck. Often used in the plural.

v. To fortify with a wall, embankment, or rampart.

v. To provide defense or protection for.

n. A defensive wall or rampart.

n. A defense or safeguard.

n. A breakwater.

n. 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.

v. To fortify something with a wall or rampart.

v. To provide protection of defense for something.

n. A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

n. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.

n. The sides of a ship above the upper deck, usually a fencelike structure around the deck.

v. To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.

n. Originally, a barrier formed of logs, beams, boards, hurdles, or other materials, for the obstruction of a passage or defense of a place; now, specifically, in fortification, a rampart; a mound of earth carried around a place, capable of resisting cannon-shot, and formed with bastions, curtains, etc.; a fortification.

n. Nautical, a close barrier running around a ship or a part of it, above the level of the deck, and consisting of boarding nailed on the outside of the stanchions and timber-heads.

n. That which protects or secures against external annoyance or injury of any kind; a screen or shelter; means of protection and safety.

n. plural Pads or defenses to protect the limbs against the chafing of armor. Wright.

To fortify with a bulwark or rampart; secure by a fortification; protect.

n. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

v. defend with a bulwark

n. a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)

n. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

"Whether this new Iraqi government — the one that will stand as American forces are withdrawn — will be a long-term bulwark is a question that can only be answered over time, of course."

bulwarked    bulwarking    bulwarks   

defend    barrier   

shelter   

bulwarked    bulwarking   

rampart    fortification    protect   

bastion    rampart    stronghold    citadel    safeguard    fortification    barrier    palisade    parapet    barricade