Usually means: Protective barrier used during combat.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word breastwork:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. breastwork: Merriam-Webster
  2. breastwork: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. breastwork: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. breastwork: Collins English Dictionary
  5. breastwork: Vocabulary.com
  6. breastwork: Wordnik
  7. breastwork: Wiktionary
  8. breastwork: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. breastwork: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. breastwork: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Breastwork, breastwork: Dictionary.com
  12. Breastwork (fortification), Breastwork: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Breastwork: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. breastwork: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. breastwork: Rhymezone
  16. Breastwork: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. breastwork: FreeDictionary.org
  18. breastwork: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. breastwork: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. breastwork: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Breastwork: Castle Terms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Breastwork: Dictionary of Military Architecture

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Definitions from Wiktionary (breastwork)

noun:  A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
noun:  (nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
noun:  A parapet.
noun:  (slang) Breast augmentation.

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