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breastwork
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Definition:1. Defn: A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.2. Defn: A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Several fragments of loose stone formed a kind of breast-work, which sheltered their position from the observation of those below.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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He made himself a target. He stood with more than half his body above the breastworks.
Victor Hugo. Les Misérables
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He needed the horse for a breastworks anyway and could have shot him,
Larry McMurtry. Lonesome Dove (1985)
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