breastwork
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breastwork
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From breast + work.
noun breastworks · breast-work
- A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet. Before long we had flung enough sand-bags into place to make a low breastwork behind which the few men who were on this side of the position could lie down and fire.
- A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle. The Independencia is a two-turreted, breastwork ship of 9,000 tons displacement. […] The central breastwork is 130 feet in length at the top of the belt, and extends to the upper deck, 11 feet above the water-line. This breastwork incloses the boiler and engine hatches, the scuttles to magazines and
- A parapet. A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel. He recited jerks of verse with odd glances at the text: […]
- Breast augmentation.
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noun fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark
| Español | parapeto |
|---|---|
| Français | épaulement |
| Deutsch | Brustwehr |
| Русский | бру́ствер brústver |
Talk about this word "breastwork." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/breastwork. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. breastwork. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/breastwork "breastwork." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/breastwork.
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@misc{breastwork_2026,
title = {breastwork},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/breastwork},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
