prōpugnācŭlum (noun N) : propugno
* A bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence (class.).
* Lit.: pontes et propugnacula jungunt,Verg. A. 9, 170; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88: Siciliae,i. e. the fleet,id. ib. 2, 3, 80, § 186: solidati muri, propugnacula addita,Tac. H. 2, 19: moenium,id. ib. 3, 84: navium,i. e. ships furnished with towers,Hor. Epod. 1, 2; cf.: armatae classes imponunt sibi turrium propugnacula,Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 3: oppositum barbaris,Nep. Them. 6, 5: domus ut propugnacula habeat,Cic. Fam. 14, 18, 2: propugnacula aequoris, dams or dikes, Stat. S. 3, 3, 101: Cremona propugnaculum adversus Gallos,Tac. H. 3, 54.
* Trop., a bulwark, protection, defence (class.): lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis,Cic. Pis. 4, 9; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40: tyrannidis propugnacula,Nep. Timol. 3, 3; Gell. 7, 3, 47; Liv. 34, 61.

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