See also:

• BOULEVARD (a Fr. word, earlier boulevart, from Dutch or Ger. Bollwerk, cf. Eng. " bulwark ")

BOULEVARD (a Fr. word, earlier boulevart, from Dutch or Ger. Bollwerk, cf. Eng. " See also:

• BULWARK (a word probably of Scandinavian origin, from bol or bole, a tree-trunk, and werk, work, in Ger. Bollwerk, which has also been derived from an old German bolen, to throw, and so a machine for throwing missiles)

bulwark ")  , originally, in fortification, an earthwork with a broad See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform for See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery . It came into use owing to the width of the gangways in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval walls being insufficient for the mounting of artillery thereon . The See also:

• BOULEVARD (a Fr. word, earlier boulevart, from Dutch or Ger. Bollwerk, cf. Eng. " bulwark ")

boulevard or See also:

• BULWARK (a word probably of Scandinavian origin, from bol or bole, a tree-trunk, and werk, work, in Ger. Bollwerk, which has also been derived from an old German bolen, to throw, and so a machine for throwing missiles)

bulwark was usually an earthen outwork mounting artillery, and so placed in advance as to prevent the guns of a besieger from battering the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main walls . It was as a See also:

• RULE

rule circular . Semicircular demi-boulevards were often constructed See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the bases of the old See also:

• MASONRY

masonry towers with the same See also:

• OBJECT

object . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times the word is most frequently used to denote a See also:

• PROMENADE

promenade laid out on the site of a former fortification, and, by See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy, a broad See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

avenue in a See also:

• TOWN

town planted with rows of trees .