dismantledadj.
Deprived of clothing, equipment, or fortifications.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective] > not > stripped of fortifications
dismantled1600
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 309 The citie of Angra and all other places being dismantled and weake, they had no other defence then the landing.
a1800 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 2) xii. 486 The dismantled wall.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 207 He repaired and garrisoned the dismantled fortress.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xix. 341 The driven dismantled hulk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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