prōpūgnāculum ī, n
propugno,
a bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence
: ut propugnaculo ceteris (navis) esset: pontīs et
propugnacula iungunt, V.: Siciliae, i. e.
the fleet
: navium, i. e.
ships furnished with towers
, H.: oppositum barbaris, N.:
moenium, Ta.—Fig.,
a bulwark, protection, defence
: lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis:
tyrannidis propugnacula, N.: firmissimo propugnaculo uti,
quod, etc.,
as his strongest plea
, L.