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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Protective infrastructure erected to protect weapons and soldiers during battle..
Hearst had his little fingers on Mrs Tovey's ample waist, on what felt through the silk like an ironclad's battleworks.
The horizon of heaven is felt as a metal battleworks deflecting the arrows of prayer that are sent to soar as pleas for some castle-master's help for forgiveness: My prayer must meet a brazen heaven And fail and scatter all away.
"I know what's inside the battleworks," she said. "The biggest, harshest weapons in existence, I know. ..."
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Battleworks means Protective infrastructure erected to protect weapons and soldiers during battle..
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Hearst had his little fingers on Mrs Tovey's ample waist, on what felt through the silk like an ironclad's battleworks.
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