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Definition of Breastwark

Breast"work` (br&ebreve;st"wûrk`), n. 1. (Fort.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.

2. (Naut.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • a fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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