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1. An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
   "they stormed the bulwarks of the city";
   - rampart, wall
    
2. A fencelike structure around a deck
    
3. A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
   - breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, seawall, jetty

1. Defend with a bulwark

Derived forms: bulwarked, bulwarks, bulwarking

Type of: barrier, defend, embankment

Part of: fortification, munition, ship

Encyclopedia: Bulwark, Chepstow