Breastworks
a defensive work, usually breast high.
Historical Examples
Strictly Business O. Henry
The Land We Live In Henry Mann
History of ‘Billy the Kid’ Chas. A. Siringo
Ben Comee M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, George Alfred Townsend
Ride Proud, Rebel! Andre Alice Norton
The Bishop of Cottontown John Trotwood Moore
The Bishop of Cottontown John Trotwood Moore
My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Charles Carleton Coffin
Three Years in the Sixth Corps George T. Stevens
noun
(fortifications) a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high Also called parapet
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