Both Uses of
bulwark
in
Main Street
- It is a bulwark of sound religion.†
Chpt 1 *
- She felt that he was a bulwark between her and the darkness that grew thicker as the delayed storm came down in sleet.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(bulwark) something that offers protection -- especially a defensive wall or embankment, or a sea wall
or (especially in classic literature): the part of a ship's side that is above the upper deck