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unaˈssaultable, a.
(un-1 7 b.)
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xlviii. 11 A Citie very wel fortified and unassaultable. 1582Bentley Mon. Matrones 334 When I bethinke me what a tower of strength..and unassaultable habitation thou hast euer beene. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxiii. 114 A breach made in the wall, not farre from the Water-gate, but yet vnassaultable, the English within so maintained the defence. 1653A. Wilson Jas. I, 216 It is a great disadvantage for living Bodies to fight against dead Walls, being so high, and unassaultable. a1711Ken Christophil Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 516 O Realm of undisturb'd repose, Thrones unassaultable by Woes! |