Definitionn. fortification consisting of a low wall
Last update: July 19, 2015
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On the east and west the ravines already mentioned afforded, in the main, a sufficient protection, so that a massive wall was unnecessary, while near the south-eastern angle a breastwork was formed by the excavation of the natural rock, 2 which in later times was honeycombed with tombs. [Please select]
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Whoever they are, we will talk to them over a breastwork. [Please select]
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The breastwork was now but a few hundred feet away. [Please select]
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_ Sometimes a gun was unlimbered, trained upon the threatening breastwork and fired. [Please select]
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Picking out an especially narrow place, Jackson built a breastwork of cotton bales and rubbish. [Please select]
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In front of the breastwork he dug a deep ditch. [Please select]
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