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

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

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

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..

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

Fend :: Fend (v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off..

Stockade :: Stockade (v. t.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification..

Cataphract :: Cataphract (n.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations..

Defensive :: Defensive (a.) Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war..

Barbed :: Barbed (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form..

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

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

Mail :: Mail (n.) Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering..

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

Gambison :: Gambison (n.) A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted..

Indefensive :: Indefensive (a.) Defenseless.

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.].

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

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

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

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