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breastwork
noun 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
behind, central, low
VERB + BREASTWORK
make, two-turreted
BREASTWORK + NOUN
feet
PREP.
during
Definitions
noun
1
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
Before long we had flung enough sand-bags into place to make a low breastwork behind which the few men who were on this side of the position could lie down and fire.
A cannonproof breastwork, built during the previous war, extended along the beach from the hills to the rocks.
2
A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
The Independencia is a two-turreted, breastwork ship of 9,000 tons displacement. […] The central breastwork is 130 feet in length at the top of the belt, and extends to the upper deck, 11 feet above the water-line. This breastwork incloses the boiler and engine hatches, the scuttles to magazines and shell-rooms, the principal openings for ventilation, and the two turrets.
3
A parapet.
A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel. He recited jerks of verse with odd glances at the text: […]
4
Breast augmentation.
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Synonyms
noun — fortification consisting of a low wall
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Before long we had flung enough sand-bags into place to make a low breastwork behind which the few men who were on this side of the position could lie down and fire.
Wiktionary02
A cannonproof breastwork, built during the previous war, extended along the beach from the hills to the rocks.
Wiktionary03
The Independencia is a two-turreted, breastwork ship of 9,000 tons displacement. […] The central breastwork is 130 feet in length at the top of the belt, and extends to the upper deck, 11 feet above t
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