The Only Use
bulwark
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- sit you down,
And let me wring your heart: for so I shall,
If it be made of penetrable stuff;
If damned custom have not braz'd it so
That it is proof and bulwark against sense.†Scene 3.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(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 - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)