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• (barricade)- a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop
an enemy, ( , ); A last derisive French volley smashed
splinters from the furniture barricade, then the town fell silent. — Sharpe's
Waterloo;
• (roadblock)- a barricade or obstruction across a road;
• (blockade)- a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed
upright in the ground, ( ); Holes were
rapidly bored in the stockade, the apertures being of sufficient size to
accommodate comfortably the muzzle of a rifle. — The Border Boys Across the
Frontier;
embankment = rampart = bulwark = levee = jetty {quay} = breakwater = seawall
• (embankment)- a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back
water, carry a roadway, etc, ( ); The whole coast was
an embankment, covered for miles with woven straw, against which the
waves broke. — The True Story of My Life;
• (rampart)- a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification
around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet, (
); He surrounds the city with a rampart, a moat, and a wall: thus he
enlarges the pomœrium. — The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08;
• (bulwark)- wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart,
( , ); Deep humility is a strong bulwark, and as we enter into it
we find safety and true exaltation. — The Journal of John Woolman;
• (levee)- an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a rive, (
); When the boats arrived the scene
on the levee was a very animated one. — The Little Immigrant;
• (jetty)- a wharf or landing pier, ( , );
• (quay)- a landing place, esp. one of solid masonry, constructed along the
edge of a body of water; wharf, (
); But the finest object in this city is the quay, which is unrivalled by any
I have seen. — A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779;
• (breakwater)- a barrier that breaks the force of waves, as before a harbor,
(
); Increased strength was also given to the more exposed parts of
the pierwork, and the slope at the sea side of the breakwater was
considerably extended. — The Life of Thomas Telford;
• (seawall)-an embankment to prevent erosion of a shoreline;
stronghold = bastion = citadel ~ garrison = fort : fortification = munition