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breast-work
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Dictionary of Nautical Terms
breast-work
A sort of balustrade of rails, mouldings, or stanchions, which terminates the quarter-deck and poop at the fore ends, and also incloses the forecastles both before and behind. (See PARAPET.) Now applicable to the poop-rails only. In fortification, it signifies a parapet thrown up as high as the breasts of the men defending it.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of breast-work in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of breast-work in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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