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Imbankment :: Imbankment (n.) The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment..

Disadvantageous :: Disadvantageous (a.) Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense..

Espauliere :: Espauliere (n.) A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette..

Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form..

Fenceless :: Fenceless (a.) Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless.

Mound :: Mound (n.) An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll..

Depart :: Depart (v. i.) To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading..

Attack :: Attack (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense..

Arm :: Arm (n.) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.

Palisade :: Palisade (n.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense..

Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology..

Naked :: Naked (a.) Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.

Fence :: Fence (v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence..

Muniment :: Muniment (n.) That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance.

Fenceful :: Fenceful (a.) Affording defense; defensive.

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense..

Mask :: Mask (v. t.) To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor..

Headpiece :: Headpiece (n.) A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages..

Outguard :: Outguard (n.) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended..

Parade :: Parade (v. t.) Posture of defense; guard.

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