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.
billow, roller, large wave (also figuratively) · rampart, dyke, wall (an earthen embankment, possibly faced with stone, used as a defensive fortification) · barrage fire
çekim: çoğul валы́ · tamlayan ва́ла
eş: насыпь, волна, шпиндель
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic валъ (valŭ), from Proto-Slavic *valъ.
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: From Old Swedish bolverk or bulværk, from Middle Low German bolwerk. Superficially equivalent to bål (“bole; stem; sturdy plank”) + verk. Doublet of bulevard. Cognate of German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Dutch bolwerk, English bulwark, French boulevard.
earthwork, particularly defensive ramparts or bulwarks, dykes, dams, causeways, and piers · rubble or earth used or intended for such earthwork · any rampart or defensive wall
çekim: çoğul aggerēs · tamlayan aggeris
köken: If not directly from aggerō (“carry towards”), from its root.
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.
walled enclosure · defensive wall, bawn, bulwark, bailey · breakwater (construction in or around a harbour)
çekim: çoğul bábhúin · tamlayan bábhúin
köken: From Middle Irish badún, possibly a compound of ba (“cows”) + dún (“fortress”) The older spelling badhbhdhún implies a compound of badhbh (“war goddess; vulture”) + dún, though this is semantically unlikely.