Bulwark (disambiguation)
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A bulwark is an extension of the hull above the deck line, used for protection from heavy waves and from gunfire. It is also long used metaphorically for defensive walls on land.
Bulwark may also refer to:
Fiction
- Bulwark (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics universe
- The Bulwark, a 1946 posthumous novel by Theodore Dreiser
Maritime
- Bulwark class battleship (1859), a class of Royal Navy wooden battleships
- HMS Bulwark, any of several Royal Navy ships
- USS Bulwark, any of several US Navy ships
Places
- Bulwark, Chepstow, a part of the town of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
- Bulwark Stream, a meltwater stream in Antarctica
- Bulwark, Alberta, Canada, a locality in the County of Paintearth No. 18, Alberta
Other uses
- Bulwark Protective Apparel, an American company
- Bulwark (horse), sire of Frances Bulwark
- Bulwark (Crypto), a Cryptocurrency.
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