LekhoriLekhoriA defensive wall or rampart.
Let thouſands die, their ſlaughtered Carkaſſes Shal ſerue for walles and bulwarkes to the reſt:
A defense or safeguard.
The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence, […] the floating bulwark of the island.
A breakwater.
To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
To provide protection of defense for something.
From Middle English bulwerk, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bolwerc and Middle Low German bolwerk, equivalent to bole (“tree trunk”) + work. Cognate with German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Swedish bålverk, ...
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