- Guard system - Protection - Protection against an attack - Protection from half-made fence - Safeguard - See Defense. - The act of defending, or the state of being defended;
protection, as from violence or danger.
- A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. - That which secures against an enemy, or defends from
attack; any means of defense or protection. - The sides of a ship above the upper deck. - To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to
secure by fortification; to protect.