breastwork

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Etymology

breast +‎ work

Noun

breastwork (plural breastworks)

1. a fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet
2. (nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
3. a parapet
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 2

     A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel. He recited jerks of verse with odd glances at the text:

Translations

fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark

• Dutch: borstwering (nl) f
• Malagasy: tamboho (mg)

• Manx: cashtal foaid (gv) m
• Maori: parepare (mi)
• Spanish: parapeto (es) m