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battleworks

battleworks noun: protective infrastructure erected to protect weapons and soldiers during battle.

Noun

battleworks pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Protective infrastructure erected to protect weapons and soldiers during battle.
    • Hearst had his little fingers on Mrs Tovey's ample waist, on what felt through the silk like an ironclad's battleworks.1961, William Sansom, The last hours of Sandra Lee, page 195
    • The horizon of heaven is felt as a metal battleworks deflecting the arrows of prayer that are sent to soar as pleas for some castle-master's help for forgiveness: My prayer must meet a brazen heaven And fail and scatter all away.1996, David Anthony Downes, Hopkins' achieved self, page 156

Origin of battleworks

From battle + works.

Questions about battleworks

What does battleworks mean?
Battleworks means protective infrastructure erected to protect weapons and soldiers during battle.
What part of speech is battleworks?
Battleworks is a noun.

Words near battleworks in the dictionary

  1. battlewagon
  2. battlewagons
  3. battleward
  4. battlewards
  5. battlewise
  6. battleworks
  7. battleworthy
  8. battlezone
  9. battlezones
  10. battlin'
  11. battling

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