1791 29 Aug. 2/4 The reconnoiterers report that the hedge in front of the Pettah wall is thick and high.
1803 Duke of Wellington (1834) I. 300 The pettah wall was very lofty and defended by towers.
1931 P. Guedalla (1946) ii. v. 109 They came here in the morning, looked at the pettah wall.