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

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

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

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

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

Armor :: Armor (n.) Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.

Breastwork :: Breastwork (n.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material..

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..

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.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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.].

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

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

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

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

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