That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.
A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.
Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.
A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.
To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.
To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.
Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.
A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.
A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
The side of a level or drift.
To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.
To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
