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31Berlin Wall — For the chess opening variation, sometimes known as Berlin Wall, see Berlin Defence. View from the West Berlin side of graffiti art on the wall in 1986. The wall s infa …
32Women of the Wall — (WOW) is an organization in Israel, with members and supporters around the world, who have organized a series of Women s prayer groups at the Kotel (Western Wall) each month on Rosh Hodesh. The groups have included women reading from the Torah… …
33toe wall — noun : a low retaining wall; especially : an embankment wall in a railroad cut …
34wing wall — noun : a subordinate lateral wall (as an abutment) or an oblique retaining wall (as of a bridge approach) …
35breast wall. — See retaining wall. * * * …
36area wall — noun : a retaining wall surrounding an areaway …
37breast wall. — See retaining wall …
38Western Wall — Also known by its Hebrew name, HaKotel HaMa aravi, or simply, the Kotel (literally, The Wall ). It is located on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem s old city. It is all that remains of the Temple of Biblical times. Its alternate name, Wailing Wall, is …
39Byker Wall — The Byker Wall is the name given to a long unbroken block of 620 maisonettes in the Byker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The block was designed by the notable architect Ralph Erskine assisted by Vernon Gracie, and was built in the mid… …
40Revetment — ♦ Retaining wall of stone or timber of an earth bank or sides of a ditch. (Kenyon, John R. Medieval Fortifications, 211) …
