bulwark

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A defensive wall or rampart.
2. A defense or safeguard.
3. A breakwater.
4. 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.
5. (figuratively) Any means of defence or security.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
2. (transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

sinonimi

rampart

bastion

stronghold

breakwater

seawall

citadel

jetty

mole

groyne

wall

fortification

fortress

groin

gunwale

embankment

fence

sconce

fastness

knoll

mound

next

outwork

paling

pile

pillar

revetment

rowlock

wale

gun platform

protective wall

mound over

digue

vallasion

circum-vallation

pilerow

bank

🏦

walling timber

barbette

barrier

bench

brink

bulkhead

buttress

dam

dike

earthwork

entrenchment

fencing

fort

gunnel

heap

hedge

hillock

hurdle

Traduzioni

rempart

Bollwerk

baluarte

bastingage

bastion

bolwerk

jetée

verschansing

brise-lames

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbʊl.wək/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: bulwerk

Affine tedesco: Bollwerk

Affine danese: bolværk

Affine svedese: bålverk

Affine olandese: bolwerk

Affine francese: boulevard

Affine portoghese: -

Affine spagnolo: -

Affine italiano: baluardo

In summary

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, Dutch bolwerk. Doublet of boulevard (from French boulevard, from Dutch); cognate with Portuguese and Spanish baluarte and Italian baluardo.