Word Meanings - BREASTWORK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BREASTWORK)

• Rampart
• Bulwark
• fortification
• security
• wall
• defence
• embankment
• mound
• mole
• outwork
• breastwork

Related words: (words related to BREASTWORK)

• DEFENCE
  See DEFENSE
• RAMPART
  A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification. Mahan. Syn. -- Bulwark; fence; security; guard. -- Rampart, Bulwark. These words were formerly interchanged; but
• OUTWORK
  To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
• BREASTWORK
  A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
• EMBANKMENT
  1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. 2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
• SECURITY
  1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty. His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please.
• BULWARK
  A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. 2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection. The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our
• MOUND
  A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.
• FORTIFICATION
  1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy. 2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a
• REFORTIFICATION
  A fortifying anew, or a second time. Mitford.
• DEFENSE; DEFENCE
  The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action. 5. Act or skill in making
• SELF-DEFENCE
  See SELF-DEFENSE
• INSECURITY
  1. The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt. 2. The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence. With what insecurity of truth