| 单词 | to cover a siege |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cover a siege d. to cover a siege, etc.: to protect the besieging army from attack. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)] > screen or shelter from attack shadow1489 to stop a gap1535 shelter1667 to cover a siege1693 screen1870 1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely ii. 162 The King at last consented to stay and cover the Siege. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 404 The siege went on in form: And the King lay with an Army covering it. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VII. 620 By which the operation can be covered if it should be possible to continue it, or the siege can be raised if it should be necessary to raise it. < as lemmas |
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