Betekenis van:
bulwark

bulwark
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • verdedigingsmuur om een stad; verdedigingsmuur om een stad
  • an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

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bulwark
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • in zee vooruitstekende stenen krib of havendam
  • a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

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bulwark
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • strekdam om golven te breken
  • a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

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bulwark
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • burgwal, vestingwal
  • an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

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bulwark
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • bolwerk
  • a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)

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to bulwark
Werkwoord
  • met schansen versterken
  • defend with a bulwark

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to bulwark
Werkwoord
  • omwallen
  • defend with a bulwark

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Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of our island.
  2. On external decks to which passengers are permitted access, and where there is no bulwark of adequate height provided, railings shall be provided of a height of minimum 1100 mm above the deck and of such design and construction as to prevent any passenger from climbing on these railings and from accidentally falling from that deck.
  3. .1 On external decks to which passengers are permitted access, and where there is no bulwark of adequate height provided, railings shall be provided of a height of minimum 1100 mm above the deck and of such design and construction as to prevent any passenger from climbing on these railings and from accidentally falling from that deck.