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Definition of Breastwork
1. Noun. Fortification consisting of a low wall.
Definition of Breastwork
1. n. A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
Definition of Breastwork
1. Noun. a fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle. ¹
3. Noun. a parapet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Breastwork
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breastwork
Literary usage of Breastwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1868)
"Advancing to the attack, they saw before them a breastwork of uncommon height
and thickness. The French army were drawn up behind it, their heads alone ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... the work of several months, and of the gun which they had in the preceding
night withdrawn from it, for the defence of then. breastwork. ..."
3. The History of the Civil War in America by John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1863)
"STORMING A breastwork.—ARRIVAL OF THE CARONDELET.— SUFFERING OF UNION TROOPS.—ADMIRAL
FOOTE.—TERRIBLE CONFLICT.—CHARGE OF GEN. SMITH. ..."
4. Caesar's Gallic War by Julius Caesar, Arthur Tappan Walker, Cornelius Marshal Lowe, John Thomas Ewing, d 1856-1926, John Thomas Ewing (1907)
"... which served as a breastwork. In case of an attack the pp -palisades ff fascines
FIG. 5. VALI.ÜM AND FOSSA enemy would be halted by the ditch several ..."
5. Field, Fort and Fleet: Being a Series of Brilliant and Authentic Sketches of by M. Quad (1885)
"The idea was for a soldier to advance along-side of each mule, making the living
breastwork cover him. Everything worked all right at the start, ..."
6. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"... Americans thereupon came to a stand in front of the timber breastwork, waiting
for further evidence of their comrades on the southern bank of the river. ..."
7. Our Iron-clad Ships: Their Qualities, Performances, and Cost. With Chapters by Edward James Reed (1869)
"It is for this reason that I have devised the breastwork Monitor System, which
has been briefly described in the Chapter on Armour, and the characteristic ..."
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