Last Updated：2025/11/19

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bulwark

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Source Word

bulwark

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

figuratively

A defensive wall or rampart. / A defense or safeguard. / A breakwater.

Japanese Meaning

防壁、砦壁：防御のための壁や塹壕 / 防衛策、守りとなるもの：安全や防御のための対策や措置 / 防波堤：波を防ぐための構造物

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The ancient stone bulwark protected the village from invaders for centuries.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古い石造りの防壁が何世紀にもわたって村を侵略者から守った。

Sense（1）

A defensive wall or rampart.

Let thouſands die, their ſlaughtered Carkaſſes

Shal ſerue for walles and bulwarkes to the reſt:

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

A defense or safeguard.

Sense（3）

A breakwater.

Sense（4）

(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.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（5）

(figuratively) Any means of defence or security.

bulwarks

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