to support militarily

ETYM French bastion (cf. Italian bastione), from Late Lat. bastire to build (cf. French bâtir, Italian bastire), perh. from the idea of support for a weight, and akin to Greek bastazein to lift, carry, and to Eng. baston, baton.
1. A group that defends a principle.
2. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle; SYN. citadel.
3. Projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
Tower at the corner of a fortification.
Earthwork projecting outward from fortification.

ETYM Akin to Dutch bolwerk, German bollwerk, Swed. bolwerk, Dan. bolvärk, bulvärk, rampart; akin to German bohle plank, and werk work, defense. Related to Bole stem, and Work, Boulevard.
1. A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.
3. The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
The side of a ship above the deck.

Quay; harbor; port.

ETYM Old Eng. cauci, cauchie, Old Fren. cauchie, French chaussée, from Late Lat. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either from Latin calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. Eng. chalk).
A road that is raised above water or marshland or sand.

Pigmented area on the skin. See naevus.
Person working subversively within an organization. The term has come to be used broadly for someone who gives out (“leaks”) secret information in the public interest; it originally meant a person who spends several years working for a government department or a company with the intention of passing secrets to an enemy or a rival.1. Small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet.
2. A small congenital pigmented spot on the skin.
3. (Mexican) Spicy sauce often containing chocolate.

ETYM French rempart, Old Fren. rempar, from remparer to fortify, se remparer to fence or intrench one's self; pref. re- re- + pref. en- (Latin in) + parer to defend, parry, prepare, Latin parare to prepare. Related to Pare.
An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; SYN. bulwark, wall.

A wall or embankment to protect the shore from erosion or to act as a breakwater. SYN. sea-wall

ETYM AS. weall, from Latin vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade.
1. An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure.
2. A masonry fence (as around an estate or garden).
3. Anything that suggests a wall in structure or effect.
4. (Anatomy) A layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; SYN. paries.
5. A difficult or awkward situation.