breastwork
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἐπάλξεις, αἱ, P. παραφράγματα, τά, V. θωρακεῖον, τό; see defences.
Wikipedia EN
A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast height to provide protection to defenders firing over it from a standing position. A more permanent structure, normally in stone, would be described as a parapet or the battlement of a castle wall.
In warships, a breastwork is the armored superstructure in the ship that did not extend all the way out to the sides of the ship. It was generally only used in ironclad turret ships designed between 1865 and 1880.
Translations
be: бруствер; bg: бруствер; ca: parapet; da: brystværn; de: Brustwehr; en: breastwork; eo: brustŝirmilo; kk: таса; li: bróswaering; lt: brustveras; lv: brustvērs; nl: borstwering; pl: przedpiersie; ru: бруствер; sv: bröstvärn; tr: göğüs siperi; tt: бруствер; uk: бруствер