- bréostweall
- m (-es/-as) breastwork, rampart
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
bréostweall
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breastwork — fieldwork thrown up breast high for defense, 1640s, from BREAST (Cf. breast) (n.) + WORK (Cf. work) (n.) in fortification sense. O.E. had breostweall in same sense … Etymology dictionary
