All 5 Uses of
bulwark
in
Angels & Demons
- The cart whisked them silently alongside the country's western border-a fifty-foot-tall cement bulwark thick enough to ward off attacks even by tanks.†
Chpt 35-36 *
- At the base of the rear wall, a stone bulwark jutted out concealing a narrow grotto-a kind of compressed passageway cutting directly into the foundation of the church.†
Chpt 63-64
- Rounding the second bulwark to the west, Langdon arrived breathless in a small parking area off Lungotere Angelo.†
Chpt 105-106
- Leaning out, he grabbed the top of the first bulwark, dragged himself onto the wall, and dropped onto the castle's lower bastion.†
Chpt 105-106
- Robert Langdon dashed around the outer bulwark of the castle, grateful for the glow of the floodlights.†
Chpt 107-108
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