A defensive wall or rampart.
A defense or safeguard.
A breakwater.
Any means of defence or security.
The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
To provide protection of defense for something.
The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
Stability or balance when standing on one's feet.
A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
A double-check of the numbers vertically.
A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
A standing; position; established place; foothold.
A relative condition; state.