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breastwork

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Definition of breastwork

as in parapet

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Recent Examples of breastwork The infantrymen around him peeped painfully over the heap of dirt that substituted for a breastwork. — Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026

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Noun

The work entails concrete parapet wall repair on the Yellow Mill Pond Bridge.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
The horizontal orientation of the home’s large terraces (which are enclosed by parapets) recalls two of Wright’s prior residential architecture explorations.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026

Definition of parapet

Noun

Gaspare Fossati, the architect best known for restoring Hagia Sophia, renovated the building in the 1840s, while the remains of 13th-century Genoese ramparts still form part of the restaurant walls downstairs.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026
Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026

Definition of rampart

Noun

Each strand is like a beautiful clump of calligraphy all tangled up in itself, as captivating and lonely as any earthwork.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Artist Stan Herd created a massive quarter-acre Algerian flag earthwork near the Lied Center on west campus.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026

Definition of earthwork

Noun

Established in 1855 as a military post to fight against the Mescalero Apache, the fort went on to play a minor role in the Civil War and later served as a tuberculosis sanitorium and a World War II internment camp.

— Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026
The old site was fort-like, recalling dark chapters in Native American history.

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of fort

Noun

As recidivist would-be escapees, de Boeldieu, Marechal, and Rosenthal are transferred to an impregnable medieval fortress, commanded by Captain von Rauffenstein, now burnt, broken in body, and wearing a neck brace.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Cancer doesn’t just create a fortress in the body to curb attacks.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of fortress

Noun

But its lack of fortifications left it perennially vulnerable to plunder.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The discovery was made beneath an Israelite-period ritual deposit and adjacent to an ancient Canaanite fortification wall, according to the excavation team.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of fortification

Noun

Meanwhile, Desmond Castle stands watch beyond the village park—its stone battlements and arrow slits recalling Norman skirmishes and feudal lords.

— Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
As part of that, some of its defensive features like towers and battlements were removed.

— Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025

Definition of battlement

Noun

Rubio’s support for Israel is typical of Cuban-American politicians who see the country as a bulwark against communism.

— Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
However, the ballot proposition process would increasingly serve the very forces that direct democracy was conceived as a bulwark against — those with the means to push their pet causes.

— Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

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