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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bulk·head n.
 1. Naut. A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
 2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.
 Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project; -- usually, the harbor line.