- ぼうへき
- [防壁] defensive [protective] wall【C】[通例 ~s] 城壁, 防壁.▲penetrate the enemy's defenses 敵の防壁を突破する.防壁
protective wall
bulwark* * *ぼうへき【防壁】defensive [protective] wall〖C〗[通例 ~s] 城壁, 防壁.▲penetrate the enemy's defenses 敵の防壁を突破する.
* * *ぼうへき【防壁】a protective [defensive] wall; a barrier; 〔比喩的〕 a bulwark; a bastion.●共産主義の防壁 a bulwark [bastion] against Communism.
●平和の防壁を築く build up a bastion of peace.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.