Propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus vsurum se putat. Cic. Propugnaculum & præsidium. Cic. Propugnaculum firmissimum. Liu. Lex Aelia & Fusia, propugnacula, muríque tranquilliratis, Cic.The fortresses and strong defendours of quietnesse.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
prōpugnācŭlum, i, n. [propugno], a bulwark, tower, rampart, fortress, defence (class.). I.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.—II.Trop., a bulwark, protection, defence (class.): lex Aelia et Fufia propugnacula tranquillitatis, Cic. Pis. 4, 9; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, 40: tyrannidis propugnacula, Nep. Timol. 3, 3; Gell. 7, 3, 47; Liv. 34, 61.