defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose) · defence · prohibition (often on signs informing onlookers that an activity is forbidden)
çekim: çoğul défenses
eş: pare-battage
köken: Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Late Latin dēfēnsa, from Latin dēfendō.
aile: La Défense, la meilleure défense, c'est l'attaque, légitime défense, prendre la défense
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.
bastion, stronghold (place built to withstand attack) · bastion, stronghold (place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea) · bastion (person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle)
çekim: çoğul bastiony · tamlayan bastionu
eş: beluarda, bulwar
köken: Borrowed from French bastion, from Old French bastille.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *móyni Latin moene Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin mūniō From moene (Old Latin for moenia) + -iō.