In Biblical and derived uses: an emblem of power and might; a means of defence or resistance; hence horn of salvation (†health) is used of God or…

transferred and figurative. Something serving as a defence against attack or injury. Often in echoes of Biblical language referring to metaphorical…

A safeguard, protection, defence. Obsolete.

Protection, shelter.

figurative. Mental or spiritual defence or protection; a quality, trait, characteristic, etc., which provides this. Now rare.

transferred and figurative. A barrier, limit, defence; a means of protection or defence.

A person who or thing which defends against physical attack or injury. Something which defends or protects against physical attack, illness, or…

figurative. A means of defence; protection, protector.

A person who or thing which protects someone or something.

A means or instrument of safety; a protection, safeguard. Obsolete.

figurative.

A means of safety, a safeguard. Obsolete.

figurative. Applied to a person or thing that serves as a defence.

figurative. A defence, a means of protection. Obsolete.

Means or method of defence; protection, security. Obsolete.

Something that offers security from danger; a defence, protection.

figurative. A limit, a boundary; a restriction; a defence, a safeguard. Frequently in to break (also leap) the pale: to go beyond accepted bounds; to…

A safeguard.

Something serving as a defence or protection. Obsolete.

A thing serving as a covering or protection; a defence; a covering, screen, veil, ‘cloak’, disguise. Now somewhat rhetorical.

transferred and figurative. A powerful defence or safeguard. Sometimes applied to persons.

figurative (cf. bulwark, n. 2, rampart, n. 1b.)

Defence, protection, shelter. Obsolete.

A means of preventing something; a safeguard; a hindrance, an obstruction.

figurative and in figurative context. A repository or plentiful source of something (cf. aumbry, n. 2b). Also: an array of resources available for…

transferred and figurative. A means of defence.

Something which secures or makes safe. A protection or defence against, from, †for something.

figurative. A thing (material or immaterial) resembling or reminiscent of a penthouse (in various senses).

In extended use: a thing on which the safety of a nation, institution, privilege, etc., is believed to depend; a source of protection, a safeguard.

Something which guards, defends, or protects; a protection, defence. literal and figurative.

Covering, protection.

A means of defence; a safeguard.

figurative. A means of shelter or protection.

figurative and in figurative contexts. Anything considered as a defence against something perceived or presented as a threat; (now esp.) an…

figurative. Something which provides protection from danger, punishment, attack, etc. Also: something interposed or intervening as an obstruction…

fig. A preservative, protection, or charm.

A charm or remedy that gives protection against evil, disease, or misfortune.

In extended and figurative use: a form of defence; a barrier.

Something which secures or makes safe. Without complement: a protection, guard, or defence.

†(a) n. a person who provides protection (obsolete rare); (b) adj. of the nature of or characterized by protection; protectionist.

transferred and figurative. Something that encloses or guards.

figurative. A defence, protection.

Something affording protection. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Originally: a protection or impregnable defence. Subsequently: the backing or support of a person or thing. See also under the aegis of…

figurative. The imbuing of a person with feelings, opinions, habits, etc., esp. as a form of protection or defence; protection or defence against…

figurative. Something which marks out a course, indicates danger, or keeps one afloat.

A bulwark, a rampart. Also figurative: something which affords defence or protection.

In extended use: any complete covering or protective layer.

In extended use: any means of defence or attack; the set of resources available to carry out a task or ward off a threat, spec. the range of…

figurative and in extended use; esp. something which acts or is employed as a defence. Now rare.

Something which affords protection; spec. (a) Medicine a medicinal agent or dressing applied to the skin (now rare); (b) a condom.

figurative.

any of various types of shield or hard covering worn to protect or conceal the face (or part of it); (now) esp. a transparent plastic guard worn…

figurative. Something likened to a vaccine in being a form of protection or defence.

transferred and figurative.

a hillside embankment in the form of a platform, suggested to have been used as a means of defence against the wolves of the lowlands.

A measure intended to stop the spread of something dangerous or harmful; (now) spec. a short period in which travel, business, and human contact…