Vocabulary Word
Word: bulwark
Definition: strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
Definition: strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
Sentences Containing 'bulwark'
All then proceeded to the poop, which was very handsomely decorated, and seated themselves on the bulwark benches; the boatswain passed along the gangway and piped all hands to strip, which they did in an instant.
Both of these expressions Mrs. Crupp considered actionable, and had expressed her intention of bringing before a 'British Judy'--meaning, it was supposed, the bulwark of our national liberties.
That these were the ornament and bulwark of the kingdom, worthy followers of their most renowned ancestors, whose honour had been the reward of their virtue, from which their posterity were never once known to degenerate.
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