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Wall

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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Narrower term 12

Attic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical;…

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Bailey 76% connected

The outer wall of a feudal castle.

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Battlement 76% connected

One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.

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Crenelation 76% connected

The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.

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Earthwork 76% connected

Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

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firewall 76% connected

A system that allows or blocks network connections.

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Fraise 76% connected

A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it.

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Gable 76% connected

A cable.

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Merlon 76% connected

One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement.

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Parapet 76% connected

A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.

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Proscenium 76% connected

The part where the actors performed; the stage.

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Wainscoting 76% connected

of Wainscot

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Broader term 13

Bed 76% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Difficulty 76% connected

The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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Divider 76% connected

One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.

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Embankment 76% connected

The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

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Fence 76% connected

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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Fencing 76% connected

/); p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fence

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Formation 76% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Layer 76% connected

One who, or that which, lays.

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Partition 76% connected

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

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Protect 76% connected

To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Circumvallate 76% connected

To surround with a rampart or wall.

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Stockade 76% connected

A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fort…

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Fence 74% connected

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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Fence 74% connected

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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Surround 74% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Surround 74% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Arch 70% connected

Any part of a curved line.

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Archway 70% connected

A way or passage under an arch.

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Capstone 70% connected

A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.

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Cope 70% connected

A covering for the head.

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Copestone 70% connected

A stone for coping. See Coping.

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Coping 70% connected

of Cope

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Course 70% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Dado 70% connected

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

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Door 70% connected

An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.

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Doorway 70% connected

The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.

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Header 70% connected

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

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Pane 70% connected

The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

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Paneling 70% connected

of Panel

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Pier 70% connected

Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.

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Row 70% connected

Rough; stern; angry.

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Stretcher 70% connected

One who, or that which, stretches.

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Threshold 70% connected

The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entr…

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Wainscot 70% connected

Oaken timber or boarding.

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Containing whole 7

Building 70% connected

of Build

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Cave 70% connected

A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.

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Edifice 70% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Fortification 70% connected

The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.

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Hall 70% connected

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

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Munition 70% connected

Fortification; stronghold.

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Room 70% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Synonym 6

Bulwark 92% connected

A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

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Fence 92% connected

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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Palisade 92% connected

A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground…

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Paries 92% connected

The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.

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Rampart 92% connected

That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.

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Surround 92% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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