Bulwarks

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bulwarks
       n : a fence-like structure around a deck [syn: {bulwark}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bulwarks


     mural towers, bastions, were introduced by king Uzziah (2 Chr.
     26:15; Zeph. 1:16; Ps. 48:13; Isa. 26:1). There are five Hebrew
     words so rendered in the Authorized Version, but the same word
     is also variously rendered.