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.
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Breastwork
Synonyms for "breastwork" (97 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Danish
1 entries- brystværn noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Dutch
1 entries- borstwering noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Finnish
2 entries- parapetti noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
- rintavarustus noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
French
1 entries- épaulement noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
German
1 entries- Brustwehr noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Malagasy
1 entries- tamboho noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Manx
1 entries- cashtal foaid noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Māori
2 entries- papatū noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
- parepare noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Polish
1 entries- przedpiersie noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Russian
1 entries- бру́ствер noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Spanish
1 entries- parapeto noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Swedish
1 entries- bröstvärn noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Welsh
3 entries- brestwaith noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
- bronglawdd noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
- rhagfur noun (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A cannonproof breastwork, built during the previous war, extended along the beach from the hills to the rocks.
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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.
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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: […]
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