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Parry :: Parry (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter..

Barded :: Barded (p.a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.

Spirant :: Spiralozooid (n.) One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells..

Defensive :: Defensive (a.) In a state or posture of defense.

Casque :: Casque (n.) A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.

Plating :: Plating (n.) A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.

Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.

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

Offensive :: Offensive (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons..

Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.

Shield :: Shield (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler..

Ward :: Ward (n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard..

Defence :: Defence (n.) Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc..

Armory :: Armory (n.) Armor; defensive and offensive arms.

Barde :: Barde (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.].

Self-defensive :: Self-defensive (a.) Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation..

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc..

Defensory :: Defensory (a.) Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations..

Panoply :: Panoply (n.) Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.

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