Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boulevard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boulevard \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
boulevard
n : a wide street or thoroughfare [syn: {avenue}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.