All 10 Uses of
bulwark
in
The Voyage of the Dawn Trader
- There was a lot of shouting going on from the ship, heads crowding together above the bulwarks, ropes being thrown.†
Chpt 1
- Reepicheep, who never felt that the ship was getting on fast enough, loved to sit on the bulwarks far forward just beside the dragon's head, gazing out at the eastern horizon and singing softly in his little chirruping voice the song the Dryad had made for him.†
Chpt 2
- He never held on to anything, however the ship pitched, and kept his balance with perfect ease; perhaps his long tail, hanging down to the deck inside the bulwarks, made this easier.†
Chpt 2
- Still it stretched and stretched till its head was over the starboard bulwark.†
Chpt 8
- As soon as the serpent's body was near enough on the starboard side he jumped on to the bulwark and began hacking at it with all his might.†
Chpt 8
- And when he jumped up on to the bulwark, forward of the snake, and set his little furry back against its huge scaly, slimy back, and began pushing as hard as he could, quite a number of people saw what he meant and rushed to both sides of the ship to do the same.†
Chpt 8
- Very soon the whole ship's company except Lucy and the Mouse (which was fainting) was in two long lines along the two bulwarks, each man's chest to the back of the man in front, so that the weight of the whole line was in the last man, pushing for their lives.†
Chpt 8
- Several crowded to the port bulwark with ropes and one, leaning far out over the side, held the torch.†
Chpt 12
- For a long time he was too happy to speak, and could only gaze at the sea and the sun and feel the bulwarks and the ropes, as if to make sure he was really awake, while tears rolled down his cheeks.†
Chpt 12
- Lucy, leaning over the bulwark,
Chpt 16 *bulwark = the part of a ship's side that is above the upper deck
Definition:
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
or (especially in classic literature): the part of a ship's side that is above the upper deck