Barrow vs Bulwark - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) A mountain.
A hill.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
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, title= (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
A defensive wall or rampart.
A defense or safeguard.
* Blackstone
A breakwater.
(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
To provide protection of defense for something.
As nouns the difference between barrow and bulwark
is that barrow is a mountain while bulwark is a defensive wall or rampart.As a proper noun Barrow
is {{surname}.As a verb bulwark is
to fortify something with a wall or rampart.barrow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) berwe, bergh, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mound of earth over a grave)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . More at bear.Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Derived terms
* handbarrow * luggage-barrow * sack barrow * wheelbarrowEtymology 3
From (etyl) bearg.bulwark
English
Noun
(en noun)- The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence, the floating bulwark of our island.