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Example sentences from the Web for well-defendedIn the front of the enclosure, and towards the river, is the well-defended principal entrance, with a large folding gate. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843)|Alexander Philipp Maximilian, Prince of Wied It was interesting to see how they attempted to carry these well-defended, Gibraltar-like heights. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo|W. Cope Devereux Would that with the fall of that well-defended city the sad detail of "siege and slaughter" closed! The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, And His Man Mark Antony O'Toole|W. H. Maxwell This also leads by a lesser drawbridge into the well-defended town. A Lady's Tour in Corsica, Vol. II (of 2)|Gertrude Forde
adjective (well defended when postpositive)having sufficient defences against attack Words nearby well-defendedwell-content, well-controlled, well-cooked, well-covered, well-cultivated, well-defended, well-defined, well-demonstrated, well-described, well-deserved, well-developed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |