Bou"le*vard` (?), n. [F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G. bollwerk. See Bulwark.]

1.

Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.

2.

A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.

 

© Webster 1913.

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