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  • 1 prōpūgnāculum

        prōpūgnāculum ī, n    [propugno], a bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence: ut propugnaculo ceteris (navis) esset: pontīs et propugnacula iungunt, V.: Siciliae, i. e. the fleet: navium, i. e. ships furnished with towers, H.: oppositum barbaris, N.: moenium, Ta.—Fig., a bulwark, protection, defence: lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis: tyrannidis propugnacula, N.: firmissimo propugnaculo uti, quod, etc., as his strongest plea, L.
    * * *
    bulwark, rampart; defence

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  • 2 cippus

        cippus ī, m    —Prop., a pale, stake, post, pillar. —Hence, a pillar at a grave, H.—Plur., in war, a bulwark of sharpened stakes, chevaux-de-frise, Cs.
    * * *
    boundary stone/post/pillar; tombstone (usu. indicating extent of cemetery); stocks/fetter/prison; tree stump; bulwark of sharpened stakes (pl.) (L+S)

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  • 3 mūnīmentum

        mūnīmentum (old moen-, Enn. ap. C.), ī, n    [munio], a defence, fortification, intrenchment, rampart, bulwark, protection: ullum, quo cedentes tenderent, S.: instar muri munimentum praebere, Cs.: regni (i. e. flumina), Cu.: lacernae, Munimenta togae, Iu.—Fig., defence, protection, shelter: rati noctem sibi munimento fore, S.: tribuniciam potestatem, munimentum libertati, reparare, L.
    * * *
    fortification, bulwark; defense, protection

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  • 4 propugnaculum

    prōpugnācŭlum, i, n. [propugno], a bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pontes et propugnacula jungunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 170; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

    Siciliae,

    i. e. the fleet, id. ib. 2, 3, 80, §

    186: solidati muri, propugnacula addita,

    Tac. H. 2, 19:

    moenium,

    id. ib. 3, 84:

    navium,

    i. e. ships furnished with towers, Hor. Epod. 1, 2; cf.:

    armatae classes imponunt sibi turrium propugnacula,

    Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 3:

    oppositum barbaris,

    Nep. Them. 6, 5:

    domus ut propugnacula habeat,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 18, 2: propugnacula aequoris, dams or dikes, Stat. S. 3, 3, 101:

    Cremona propugnaculum adversus Gallos,

    Tac. H. 3, 54.—
    II.
    Trop., a bulwark, protection, defence (class.):

    lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis,

    Cic. Pis. 4, 9; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40:

    tyrannidis propugnacula,

    Nep. Timol. 3, 3; Gell. 7, 3, 47; Liv. 34, 61.

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  • 5 adminiculum

        adminiculum ī, n    [MA-, MAN-].—In vineyards, a stake, prop: vites adminicula adprehendunt: adminiculorum ordines.—In gen., a support, stay: ipsis adminiculis prolapsis, the limbs, L.: corporis, Cu. — Fig., help, aid: id senectuti suae adminiculum fore, L.
    * * *
    prop (vines), pole, stake; support, stay, bulwark; means, aid, tool; auxiliary

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  • 6 aēneüs (ahēn-)

        aēneüs (ahēn-) adj.    [aes], of copper, of bronze: galea: aëneus ut stes, i. e. in a statue, H.: proles, the age of brass, O.: hic murus aëneus esto, a bulwark (of character), H.

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  • 7 arx

        arx arcis （plur. only nom. and acc.), f    [ARC-], a castle, citadel, fortress, stronghold: (montem) murus arcem efficit, Cs.: munire arcem: arcem tradunt, N.: hostium, L. — In Rome, prop., the southwest summit of the Capitoline hill; in gen., the Capitoline hill, the Capitol: arcem habere, L.: de arce captā nuntii, L.; where auguries were taken: deductus in arcem, L.; often with Capitolium, C.—Plur., of the seven hills of Rome: beatae, H. — Poet.: me in arcem ex urbe removi, refuge (i. e. his villa), H. — Prov.: arcem facere e cloacā, a mountain of a molehill.—Poet.: summā in arce, at the very top, O.: Parnasi, O.: Quae pater ut summā vidit Saturnius arce, O.: caeli quibus adnuis arcem, V.: Dexterā sacras iaculatus arces, H.—Fig., a protection, refuge, bulwark: omnium gentium: arces libertatis tuendae, L.: caput atque arcem totius belli, head and front, L.: legis.
    * * *
    citadel, stronghold, city; height, hilltop; Capitoline hill; defense, refuge

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  • 8 claustra

        claustra ōrum, n    [claudo], a lock, bar, bolt: revellere claustra: rumpere, V.: portarum, L.: sub claustris rei p. positum vectigal.—A barrier, bounds: obstantia rumpere claustra (the barriers of a race - course), H. — A gate, dam, dike: Lucrino addita, V.: portūs claustra, entrance, Cu.— A barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank: ut terra claustra locorum teneret: urbs velut claustra Etruriae, L.: montium, passes, Ta.: Aegypti, the key to Egypt, L.: claustra contrahere, i. e. the line of circumvallation, Ta. — A barrier, hinderance: ista nobilitatis.

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  • 9 claustrum

        claustrum ī, n    [claudo], rare collat. form of claustra, a barrier, hindrance: obicitur, i. e. a chain, Cu.—A frontier fortress, key, point of control: iam perdomitorum, Cu.
    * * *
    bolt (gate/door); key; bars (pl.), enclosure; barrier; door, gate, bulwark; dam; monastery, cloister (often pl.)

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  • 10 mūnītiō

        mūnītiō ōnis, f    [munio], a defending, fortifying, protecting: milites munitione prohibere, Cs.: operis, erection of fortifications, Cs.: munitionis causā in silvas discedere, go to cut wood for a rampart, Cs.— A defence, fortification, rampart, bulwark, intrenchment, walls: munitione a mari (fons) disiunctus: urbem operibus munitionibusque saepire: intra munitiones ingredi, Cs.: per munitionem introire, S.: multum munitionis, of the walls, N.— A making passable, opening: viarum: fluminum, bridging, Ta.
    * * *
    fortifying; fortification

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  • 11 mūrus

        mūrus (old moerus), ī, m    [2 MV-], a wall, city wall: murum arietibus feriri, S.: muri urbis: intra muros compelli, Cs.: muros struere, N.: ducere, V.: aedificare, O.: transilire muros, L.: in altitudinem pedum sedecim, earthwork, Cs.— A wall (of a building): de muro imperavi, etc.— A rim (of a dish): tenuis, Iu.—Fig., a wall, protection, bulwark: (leges) muri tranquillitatis: Graiūm murus Achilles, O.: hic murus aëneus esto, H.
    * * *
    wall, city wall

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  • 12 rōbur

        rōbur oris, n    hard-wood, oak-wood, oak: naves totae factae ex robore, Cs.: (sapiens) non est e robore dolatus: Illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat, H.—Very hard wood: morsus Roboris, i. e. of the wild olive, V.: solido de robore myrtus, V.—A tree-trunk: annoso validam robore quercum, i. e. old and sturdy, V.: antiquo robore quercus, with ancient trunk, V.—An oak-tree, oak: fixa est pariter cum robore cervix, i. e. was pinned fast to the oak, O.: agitata robora pulsant (delphines), O.—A piece of oak, structure of hard wood: in robore accumbunt, i. e. on hard benches: sacrum, i. e. the wooden horse, V.: ferro praefixum, i. e. lance, V.: nodosum, i. e. club, O.: aratri, i. e. the oaken plough, V.—A stronghold, dungeon: in robore et tenebris exspiret, L.: Italum, H.—Fig., hardness, physical strength, firmness, vigor, power: aeternaque ferri Robora, V.: navium, L.: satis aetatis atque roboris habere: corporum animorumque, L.: solidaeque suo stant robore vires, V. —Enduring strength, force, vigor: virtutis: animi: pectus robore fultum, O.: neque his (gentibus) tantum virium aut roboris fuit, L.—The best part, pith, kernel, strength, flower, choice: totius Italiae: quod fuit roboris, duobus proeliis interiit, Cs.: senatūs robur, L.: haec sunt nostra robora: lecta robora virorum, L.: robora pubis, V.
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    oak (tree/timber/trunk/club/post/cell); tough core; resolve/purpose; B:tetnus; strength/firmness/solidity; vigor, robustness; potency, force, effectiveness; military strength/might/power; heart, main strength, strongest element; mainstay/bulwark, source of strength; stronghold, position of strength

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  • 13 rōbus

        rōbus adj.    [RVB], red, ruddy: iuvencus, Iu.
    * * *
    I
    roba, robum ADJ
    red (esp. of oxen/domestic animals); red (type of wheat, other contexts)
    II
    oak (tree/timber/trunk/club/post/cell); tough core; resolve/purpose; B:tetnus; strength/firmness/solidity; vigor, robustness; potency, force, effectiveness; military strength/might/power; heart, main strength, strongest element; mainstay/bulwark, source of strength; stronghold, position of strength

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  • 14 amminiculum

    prop (vines), pole, stake; support, stay, bulwark; means, aid, tool; auxiliary

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  • 15 clostrum

    bolt (gate/door); key; bars (pl.), enclosure; barrier; door, gate, bulwark; dam

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  • 16 clustrum

    bolt (gate/door); key; bars (pl.), enclosure; barrier; door, gate, bulwark; dam

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  • 17 agger

    agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].
    I.
    Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

    aggere paludem explere,

    id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:

    longius erat agger petendus,

    id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:

    superjecto aggere terreno,

    Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:

    implere cavernas aggere,

    Curt. 8, 10, 27:

    fossas aggere complent,

    Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:

    atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,

    id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:

    ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,

    Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:

    aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,

    Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:

    agger armorum,

    Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:

    aggeres Alpini,

    Verg. A. 6, 830; so,

    Thessalici aggeres,

    i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:

    ab alto aggere,

    Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:

    ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,

    Luc. 5, 674:

    consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,

    Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:

    mons aquae,

    Verg. A. 1, 105).—
    B.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:

    esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,

    id. Phil. 10, 9:

    celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    jacere,

    to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:

    aggerem exstruere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 30:

    instruere,

    id. ib. 8, 41:

    promovere ad urbem,

    to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:

    Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,

    rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—
    2.
    The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.

    Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,

    Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—
    3.
    The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:

    stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,

    Luc. 5, 317:

    vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,

    Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—
    4.
    A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):

    viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

    Verg. A. 5, 273:

    Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,

    Rutil. Itiner. 39:

    aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,

    Tac. H. 2, 24 and 42; 3, 21 and 23.

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  • 18 arx

    arx, arcis, f. [arx ab arcendo, quod is locus munitissimus rubis, a quo facillime possit hostis prohiberi, Varr. L. L. 5, § 151 Müll; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 20; Isid. Orig. 15, 2, 32; Doed. Syn. IV. p. 428; v. arceo], a stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, akropolis; in Rome, the Capitolium.
    I.
    A.. Lit.: arce et urbe orba sum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 Müll.): optumates, Corinthum quae arcem altam habetis, id. ap. ejusd. Fam. 7, 6: edicite per urbem ut omnes qui arcem astuque accolunt, cives, etc.; Att. ap. Non. p. 357, 14:

    Illa autem in arcem [hinc] abiit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 59; so id. Ps. 4, 6, 2:

    In arcem transcurso opus est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 17:

    Condere coeperunt urbīs arcemque locare,

    Lucr. 5, 1107:

    arcis servator, candidus anser,

    id. 4, 683:

    munire arcem,

    Cic. Pis. 34 fin.:

    cum Tarento amisso arcem tamen Livius retinuisset,

    id. de Or. 2, 67, 273: arx intra moenia in immanem altitudinem edita; Liv. 45, 28:

    arx Sion,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 7:

    arx Jerusalem,

    ib. 1 Macc. 13, 49:

    Romana,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    Capitolina,

    id. 6, 20; cf. id. 3, 18:

    Sabinus arcem Capitolii insedit mixto milite,

    Tac. H. 3, 69; Suet. Claud. 44 et saep. As the place on which auguries were received (cf. auguraculum):

    ut cum in arce augurium augures acturi essent,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; so Liv. 1, 18 and 24.—Hence,
    B.
    Trop., defence, prolection, refuge, bulwark, etc.:

    Castoris templum fuit te consule arx civium perditorum, receptaculum veterum Catilinae militum, castellum forensis latrocinii,

    Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

    haec urbs, lux orbis terrarum atque arx omnium gentium,

    id. Cat. 4, 6; cf. id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

    Africa arx omnium provinciarum,

    id. Lig. 7, 22:

    Stoicorum,

    id. Div. 1, 6, 10:

    arx finitimorum, Campani,

    Liv. 7, 29; 37, 18:

    tribunicium auxilium et provocationem, duas arces libertatis tuendae,

    id. 3, 45:

    arx ad aliquid faciendum,

    id. 28, 3:

    eam urbem pro arce habiturus Philippus adversus Graeciae civitates,

    id. 33, 14; Flor. 3, 6, 5:

    quasi arx aeternae dominationis,

    Tac. A. 14, 31.—
    C.
    As the abode of tyrants, a poet. designation of tyranny (cf. Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5), Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293 Heins.:

    cupidi arcium,

    Sen. Thyest. 342; cf. id. Contr. 4, 27:

    non dum attigit arcem, Juris et humani culmen,

    Luc. 7, 593 Corte; cf. id. 8, 490, and 4, 800; Tert. Apol. 4.—
    D.
    Prov.:

    arcem facere e cloacā,

    to make a mountain of a mole-hill, Cic. Planc. 40.—
    II.
    Since castles were generally on a height, meton., a height, summit, pinnacle, top, peak (usu. poet. and in Aug. and postAug. prose), lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    summā locum sibi legit in arce,

    upon the extreme height, Ov. M. 1, 27; cf. id. ib. 12, 43. —So,
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of mountains:

    Parnasi constitit arce,

    Ov. M. 1, 467:

    arce loci summā,

    id. ib. 11, 393:

    Rhipaeae arces,

    Verg. G. 1, 240:

    flērunt Rhodopeïae arces,

    id. ib. 4, 461:

    septemque unā sibi muro circumdedit arces,

    id. ib. 2, 535:

    primus inexpertas adiit Tirynthius arces, i. e. Alpes,

    Sil. 3, 496; cf. Drak. ad id. 15, 305; Val. Fl. 3, 565:

    impositum arce sublimi oppidum cernimus,

    Petr. 116; cf. id. 123, 205, and 209.—
    b.
    Of houses built on an eminence, Petr. 121, 107, and 293.—
    c.
    Of the citadel of heaven:

    quae pater ut summā vidit Saturnius arce,

    Ov. M. 1, 163:

    summam petit arduus arcem,

    id. ib. 2, 306:

    sideream mundi qui temperat arcem,

    id. Am. 3, 10, 21.—
    d.
    Of the heavens themselves: aetheriae [p. 170] arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 19:

    arces igneae,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 10:

    caeli quibus adnuis arcem,

    Verg. A. 1, 250; cf. id. ib. 1, 259.—
    e.
    Of temples erected on an eminence:

    dexterā sacras jaculatus arces,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 3.—
    f.
    Of the head:

    arx corporis,

    Sen. Oedip. 185; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 235.—
    B.
    Trop., height, head, summit, etc. (rare):

    celsā mentis ab arce,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 131:

    summae laudum arces,

    Sil. 13, 771; Sid. Carm. 2, 173:

    ubi Hannibal sit, ibi caput atque arcem totius belli esse,

    head and front, Liv. 28, 42:

    arx eloquentiae,

    Tac. Or. 10.

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  • 19 castellum

    castellum, i, n. dim. [castrum], a castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 30; id. B. C. 3, 36; Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 9; id. Caecin. 7, 20; Sall. J. 54, 6; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Alcib. 7, 4; Liv. 10, 46, 11; 21, 11, 10; Verg. A. 5, 440; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 34 al.; also of a single bulwark, bastion, Caes. B. G. 1, 8; 2, 8; 7, 69; id. B. C. 3, 44; and poet. of a dwelling in an elevated position, Verg. G. 3, 475.—
    B.
    In mechanics, a structure in which the water of an aqueduct is collected, to be distributed by pipes or channels in different directions, a reservoir, Vitr. 8, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 35; Dig. 19, 1, 17; 43, 20, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3203 al.—
    II.
    Trop., shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge (cf. arx, I. B.):

    templum Castoris fuit arx civium perditorum... castellum forensis latrocinii,

    Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

    urbem philosophiae, mihi crede, proditis, dum castella defendis,

    id. Div. 2, 16, 37:

    tribunal Appii castellum omnium scelerum,

    Liv. 3, 57, 2.

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  • 20 cippi

    cippus ( cīpus), i, m. [kindr. with scipio; cf. skêptô], a pale, stake, post, pillar, Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 258; and specif.,
    I.
    A gravestone, tombstone, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Pers. 1, 37; Prud. Apoth. 361; Inscr. Orell. 4524 al.—
    II.
    In the Agrimensores, a landmark, boundary-stone or post, Simplic. ap. Goes. p. 88.—
    * III.
    In milit. lang., cippi, ōrum, m., a bulwark formed of sharpened stakes, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.

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  • Bulwark — Bul wark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bulwarked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bulwarking}.] To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect. [1913 Webster] Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed With rising towers.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bulwark — I noun abutment, asylum, barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, buffer, bulkhead, buttress, citadel, defense, embankment, fort, fortification, fortress, guard, haven, insulation, insulator, palladium, parapet, preservation, propugnaculum,… …   Law dictionary

  • bulwark — early 15c., from M.Du. bulwerke or M.H.G. bolwerc, from bole plank, tree trunk (from P.Gmc. *bul , from PIE root *bhel (2) to blow, swell; see BOLE (Cf. bole)) + werc work. Figurative sense is from 1570s …   Etymology dictionary

  • bulwark — [n] fortification, support barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, citadel, defense, embankment, fort, fortress, guard, mainstay, outwork, parapet, partition, protection, rampart, redoubt, safeguard, security, stronghold, vallation; concepts 96,729… …   New thesaurus

  • bulwark — ► NOUN 1) a defensive wall. 2) an extension of a ship s sides above deck level. ORIGIN from Low German and Dutch bolwerk …   English terms dictionary

  • Bulwark — Mehrere Schiffe der britischen Royal Navy trugen den Namen HMS Bulwark nach dem englischen Wort für Bollwerk. Der Bau der ersten Bulwark begann 1780, wurde aber in einem frühen Stadium eingestellt. Das Schiff wurde nie fertiggestellt. Die zweite… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bulwark class battleship (1859) — The Bulwark class were the final class of wooden line of battle ships laid down for the Royal Navy. They were laid down after HMS|Warrior|1860|6. In March 1861 their construction was suspended, and seven were later converted to iron clads.… …   Wikipedia

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