Both Uses of
bastion
in
Howards End
- High and straight, brown and polished, merging abruptly into temples and skull, it had the effect of a bastion that protected his head from the world.†
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- Mr. Wilcox, uncivilised, continued to feel anger long after he had rebuilt his defences, and was again presenting a bastion to the world.†
Part 16
Definition:
a strong defender or reliable example of something -- like a fortress or a person upholding a principle