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breastwork::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | parapet |
| Type of | fortification, munition |
| Has types | machicolation |
Examples of breastwork
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Only eight years later HMVS Cerberus, the first breastwork monitor, was launched.
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The two Cerberus-class ships were the first breastwork monitors to be built.
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Called Camp Monroe, the log breastwork was attacked on February 8, 1837.
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He ordered his men to construct a breastwork from nearby logs and brush.
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Alerted by the noise of battle, the rebels manned the breastwork.
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In 89 BC Sulla captured Aeclanum, the chief town of the Hirpini, by setting the wooden breastwork on fire.
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For example, in 89 BC Sulla captured Aeclanum, the chief town of Hirpini, by setting the wooden breastwork on fire.
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The ship's breastwork was removed and replaced by side armour with transverse armoured bulkheads to form an armoured citadel.
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The townspeople had been working all night building a breastwork of criss-crossed logs on a high ridge just south of the town.
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- Parapet: fortification consisting of a low wall
- A breastwork is a fortification. The term is usually applied to temporary fortifications, often an earthwork thrown up to breast height to provide protection to defenders firing over it from a standing position. ...
- (Breastworks) a barricade usually about breast high that shielded defenders from enemy fire.
- (Breastworks) Chest-high fortifications made of dirt and wood.
- Heavy parapet slung between two gate towers; defense work over the portcullis.
- A low defensive mound or wall, usually of earth.
- Vertically-faced or steeply inclined structure usually built with timber and parallel to the shoreline, at or near the beach crest, to resist erosion or mitigate against flooding
- A bank created for fortification, usually forward of a trench, against which a defender lay or kneeled to fire.
- A fieldwork thrown up breast-high for defence; a parapet.
