Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 2, 2008
bulwark \BUL-wurk; -wawrk\, noun, verb:
1. to defend or protect, serve as a bulwark; shelter
2. a person, thing, or concept that is a defense or protection
3. an embankment of earth or other material used as a defense against a threat; rampart
4. the sides of a ship extending like a fence above the deck level
The B.O. intends to create a bulwark of entitlements to keep his "Good Ship Lollipop" afloat for the next eight years.
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
c.1418, from Middle Dutch bulwerke or Middle High German bolwerc, from bole "plank, tree trunk" + werc "work." The figurative sense dates from 1577.
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