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" (98 found)
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Noun(2 words)
defensive parapetearthwork
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3 entriesgabion breastworkstone breastworktimber breastwork
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6 entriesdefensive breastworkearthwork defensegabion breastworkmilitary breastworktemporary breastworktrench breastwork
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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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