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

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 321 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BOS-BRI
BOULEVARD (a Fr. word, earlier boulevart, from Dutch or Ger. Bollwerk, cf. Eng. " bulwark ") , originally, in fortification, an earthwork with a broad platform for artillery. It came into use owing to the width of the gangways in medieval walls being insufficient for the mounting of artillery thereon. The boulevard or
bulwark
  was usually an earthen outwork mounting artillery, and so placed in advance as to prevent the guns of a besieger from battering the foot of the
main
  walls. It was as a
rule
  circular. Semicircular demi-boulevards were often constructed
round
  the bases of the old masonry towers with the same
object
 . In
modern
  times the word is most frequently used to denote a
promenade
  laid out on the site of a former fortification, and, by
analogy
 , a broad avenue in a town planted with rows of trees.


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