transitive. To protect or fortify (a town, fortification, etc.) with a covering. Usually in passive. Cf. mantle, n. 15, 1. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ161354 |
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > protect with screen or shelter [verb (transitive)] (6) mantle1612 transitive. To protect or fortify (a town, fortification, etc.) with a covering. Usually in passive. Cf. mantle, n. 15, 1. Obsolete. Subcategories:— provide with shields for gunners (1) — protect with gabions (1) — provide with sandbags (1) — conceal (1) — camouflage (1) |
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