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

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

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery..

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.

Protective :: Protective (a.) Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

Fortify :: Fortify (v. i.) To raise defensive works.

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.

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

Girandole :: Girandole (n.) A series of chambers in defensive mines.

Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

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

Defensive :: Defensive (a.) Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor..

Helmet :: Helmet (n.) A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver..

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..

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

Mail :: Mail (n.) A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.

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

Cassowary :: Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc..

Cuish :: Cuish (n.) Defensive armor for the thighs.

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