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Noun Concept
Categories: Fortification stubs, Fortification by type
EN
parapet  breastwork  breastworks
EN
Fortification consisting of a low wall WordNet 3.0
English:
fortification
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EN
Fortification consisting of a low wall WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast height to provide protection to defenders firing over it from a standing position. Wikipedia
Fortification Wikidata
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet. Wiktionary
Fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark. Wiktionary (translation)
A fortification consisting of a wall. Wiktionary
IS A
fortification
HAS KIND
machicolation
HAS INSTANCE
Confederate Breastworks
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
NL
prosternum
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
parapet, breastwork
Wikipedia
EN
breastwork (fortification)
Wikidata
EN
breastwork
Wiktionary
EN
breastwork, parapet
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
breastworks

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