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.
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: Deverbal from захисти́ти (zaxystýty). From root хист- (xyst-), possibly related to хи́жа (xýža). Etymologically unrelated to homosemous Russian защи́та (zaščíta).
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.