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BREASTWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breastwork mean? 

BREASTWORK (noun)
  The noun BREASTWORK has 1 sense:

1. fortification consisting of a low wallplay

  Familiarity information: BREASTWORK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BREASTWORK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fortification consisting of a low wall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

breastwork; parapet

Hypernyms ("breastwork" is a kind of...):

fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breastwork"):

machicolation (a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy)


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