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单词 bulwark
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bulwarkn.

Brit. /ˈbʊlwək/, /ˈbʌlwək/, /ˈbʊlwəːk/, /ˈbʌlwəːk/, U.S. /ˈbʊlˌwərk/
Forms: Middle English bulwerke, Middle English–1500s bul-, bullwork(e, 1500s bolwark, ( bulwarge), 1500s–1600s bulwarke, (1600s burwarke), 1800s bullwark, 1500s– bulwark.
Etymology: Compare Dutch, Middle High German bolwerk , modern German bollwerk , Danish bulværk , Swedish bolverk ; the word is not recorded in Old Norse, and the Danish and Swedish forms may be of German origin. Prof. Skeat, regarding the word as ultimately Scandinavian, derives it from the words represented in English by bole n.1 and work n., in which case the primitive sense would be ‘a work constructed of tree-trunks’. Others would connect the first element with the Middle High German verb boln to throw, on the ground that the Middle High German word seems in some cases to have meant a machine for throwing large stones. Both etymologies are found in early modern German authors. The Germanic word was borrowed in French as boullewerc , bollewerc , whence boulever , modern boulevard n.
1.
a. A substantial defensive work of earth, or other material; a rampart, a fortification. Now only archaic or poetic.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun]
workeOE
forcementa1382
strengtha1382
strengthinga1382
warding1382
closurea1400
bulwarkc1418
propugnaclea1460
fortification1489
munition?c1500
tuition1513
fortifying1523
furniture1577
munificence1596
bloccuz1600
burg-ward1753
propugnaculum1864
c1418 Gesta Hen. V (1850) 17 Unum forte fortalitium quod nos ‘barbican’ sui communis ‘bulwerke’ appellamus.
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xi Barbycans and also bulworkes huge Afore the towne made for hyghe refuge.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxl Syr Iohnn de Pyquygny..wan within the Bulwerkys of the same.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hab. ii. A Set me vpon my bulworke, to loke & se what he wolde saye.
1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xx. 20 Thou shalt build bulwarkes against the city that maketh warre with thee. View more context for this quotation
1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. viii. 37 They have not the form of a regular Bulwark.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. vi. 11 With bulwarks strong their city he enclosed.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. iii. 131 Bulwark and battlement and spire In the red gulph we spy.
b. A breakwater, mole, seawall; an embankment confining the bed of a river. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [noun]
wharf1038
causeyc1330
wall1330
bulwark1555
scut1561
weir1599
mound1613
staithe1613
breastwork1641
embankment1786
bund1813
sheath1850
fleet-dyke1858
sheathing1867
causeway1878
flood-bank1928
stopbank1950
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [noun] > sea-wall
sea-dike1394
seawallc1450
sea-head1531
bulwark1555
sea-bank1647
swash bank1852
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vii. f. 85 The famous ryuer of Padus..hath the greate mountaynes cauled Alpes..lyinge at the backe therof as it were bulwarges full of moysture.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 339 Men prouide bulwarks and banks against a riuer that vseth to ouerflow.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 11 At Magdalen College, in the water-walks, near the Bull-work called Dover Peer.
1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. v. 315 The Hand-bos, a bulwark formed of oaken piles,..was snapped to pieces like packthread.
1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. iii. 57 To check the further ravages of the waves a stone bulwark was erected.
2. transferred and figurative. A powerful defence or safeguard. Sometimes applied to persons.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence
hornc825
shieldc1200
warranta1272
bergha1325
armour1340
hedge1340
defencec1350
bucklerc1380
protectiona1382
safety1399
targea1400
suretyc1405
wall1412
pavise?a1439
fencec1440
safeguard?c1500
pale?a1525
waretack1542
muniment1546
shrouda1561
bulwark1577
countermure1581
ward1582
prevention1584
armourya1586
fortificationa1586
securitya1586
penthouse1589
palladium1600
guard1609
subtectacle1609
tutament1609
umbrella1609
bastion1615
screena1616
amulet1621
alexikakon1635
breastwork1643
security1643
protectionary1653
sepiment1660
back1680
shadower1691
aegis1760
inoculation1761
buoya1770
propugnaculum1773
panoply1789
armament1793
fascine1793
protective1827
beaver1838
face shield1842
vaccine1861
zariba1885
wolf-platform1906
firebreak1959
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1544/1 The citie and Ile of the Rhodes, one of the principall bulwarkes [1587 bulworks] of Christendome.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. iv. §16. 294 Fortescue that notable Bulwarke of our Lawes.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 357 To destroy their Fleets; which..are their Walls and Bulwarks.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vii. 258 He stood, the Bulwark of the Grecian Band.
1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xvi. 297 England..appeared..the great bulwark of the common liberties of Europe.
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. v. 465 Melanchthon..perceived the necessity of preserving human learning as a bulwark to theology.
3. The raised woodwork running along the sides of a vessel above the level of the deck. (Not in Bailey, Ash, or Johnson.) Usually plural.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > bulwark
bails1558
bulwark1804
1804 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. II. 274 The guns on the quarter-deck tearing away the bulwark.
1825 H. B. Gascoigne Path to Naval Fame 60 Along the side a yellow streak extends Between his Bullwark and the varnish'd Bends.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxi. 112 Our ship had uncommonly high bulwarks and rail.
1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 36 Dashed upon our labouring bulwarks that fierce wind Euroclydon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bulwarkv.

Brit. /ˈbʊlwək/, /ˈbʌlwək/, /ˈbʊlwəːk/, /ˈbʌlwəːk/, U.S. /ˈbʊlˌwərk/
Etymology: < bulwark n.
1.
a. transitive. To furnish with bulwarks.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
enfirm1297
ofstrengthc1325
strengthc1325
warnc1330
ward1340
warnestorec1374
abattlec1380
embattlec1380
fortify1436
bulwark1450
strengthen1450
bastille1480
enstrength1483
rempare1525
munite1533
fence1535
force1535
ranforce1547
rampire1550
fort1559
ramforce1570
fortificate1575
refortify1579
ensconce1590
munify1596
sconce1598
renforce1602
harness1611
munish1633
tackle1645
schanze1901
1450 Charter Jas. II in Hist. Edin ii. (1753) 137 Licence to fosse, bullwark, wall, toure and turote the said Burgh.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lii. sig. Lii They espyed..a hous..wel bolwarked & fausbrayed.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 209 The Lord hath Bulwark't them about.
1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 33 Commits the protection of his whole Body to his Eielids, and bullwarks it with closing them.
b. intransitive. To throw up bulwarks. literal and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > throw up fortifications [verb (intransitive)]
bulwark1545
fortify1576
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (xi.) f. 176 The aungell of the lorde bulworketh rowndabout them that feare him.
2. transitive. To serve as a bulwark to; to defend, protect, shelter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)] > secure or protect
fence1435
munite1533
fortress1542
entrench1559
bulwark1610
antidote1630
retrench1705
vaccinate1809
inoculate1863
immunize1903
1610 R. Davies Chesters Triumph sig. C1v A hideous Dragon (whose thick scales, Like shields..Did Bulwarke him).
1630 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgrimage in All Wks. i. 123/2 Well bulwarked by a hedge from raine and winde.
1746 Fool (1748) I. 146 A General..who..bulwarks Europe against the common Enemy.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 78 Friends bulwarked him about From infancy to boyhood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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