"breastwork" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-breastwork.ogg [Australia] Forms: breastworks [plural]
Etymology: From breast + work. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|breast|work}} breast + work Head templates: {{en-noun}} breastwork (plural breastworks)
  1. A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet. Translations (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark): brystværn [neuter] (Danish), borstwering [feminine] (Dutch), rintavarustus (Finnish), parapetti (Finnish), épaulement [masculine] (French), Brustwehr [feminine] (German), tamboho (Malagasy), cashtal foaid [masculine] (Manx), parepare (Maori), papatū (Maori), бру́ствер (brústver) [masculine] (Russian), parapeto [masculine] (Spanish), bröstvärn [neuter] (Swedish), rhagfur [masculine] (Welsh), brestwaith [masculine] (Welsh), bronglawdd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-breastwork-en-noun-Gtm4gPua Disambiguation of 'fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark': 80 4 0 15
  2. (nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-breastwork-en-noun-FP3IRrKZ Topics: nautical, transport
  3. A parapet.
    Sense id: en-breastwork-en-noun--puIfeP4
  4. (slang) Breast augmentation. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-breastwork-en-noun-4IF1JyVR Disambiguation of Architecture: 26 16 17 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 11 1 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 15 3 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breast-work

Inflected forms

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