köken: From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of boulevard.
La mejor arma es la oración y el más terrible baluarte las virtudes y el buen ejemplo.
aegis · the mythological shield of Minerva · "under someone's aegis" means doing something under the protection of a powerful, knowledgeable, or benevolent source
çekim: çoğul egide
köken: From Latin aegida, from Ancient Greek αἰγῐ́ς (aigĭ́s).
a sconce or a similar type of fortification · a ramp · a platform or ramp used for ski jumpers (or any similar sport) to gain elevation during their jumps
çekim: çoğul schansen
eş: redoute
köken: From German Schanze; cognate with English sconce.
bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart) · bulwark (a defense or safeguard) · linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)
çekim: çoğul baluartes
köken: From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of bulevar.
köken: Borrowed from German Ägide, from Latin aegis, from Ancient Greek αἰγῐ́ς (aigĭ́s). Compare Russian эги́да (egída), Belarusian эгі́да (ehída), Polish egida.
shelter, refuge (place where one is safe or protected) · something that protects or keeps safe, such as a protective covering, shielding, etc. · protection (process of keeping something safe)
çekim: çoğul suojat · tamlayan suojan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *sooja, borrowed from Proto-Iranian *caHyáH (compare Persian سایه (sâya, “shadow, shelter”)). Komi-Zyrian сай (saj, “shelter”) and Eastern Mari шойылч (šojylč, “from behind”) may have the same origin.
retaining wall (especially one along a waterfront) · wharf · bulwark, safeguard
çekim: çoğul bolværker · tamlayan bolværks
köken: From Old Danish bulwærk, from Middle Low German bolwerk, from bole (“plank”) and werk (“work, works”). Compare Dutch bolwerk, German Bollwerk, Norwegian bolverk, Old Norse bolvirki and Swedish bålverk. Doublet of boulevard.