figurative. Applied to the sea, the navy or shipping (as Britain's external defence); also to an army (as the safeguard of a country).
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释义 | society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > [noun] > the British navy > as defence (3) wall1436 figurative. Applied to the sea, the navy or shipping (as Britain's external defence); also to an army (as the safeguard of a country). wooden walls1598 ships or shipping as a defensive force. (Rarely in singular) iron walls1835 the iron or ironclad ships of the Royal Navy, considered as Britain's defences; cf. wooden walls n. at wooden, adj. compounds 2. |
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