Associations to the word «Bulwark»

Wiktionary

BULWARK, noun. A defensive wall or rampart.
BULWARK, noun. A defense or safeguard.
BULWARK, noun. A breakwater.
BULWARK, noun. (nautical) 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.
BULWARK, verb. (transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
BULWARK, verb. (transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

Dictionary definition

BULWARK, noun. An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down".
BULWARK, noun. A fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural).
BULWARK, noun. A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.
BULWARK, verb. Defend with a bulwark.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats