Word Meanings - GABIONADE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire. 2. A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements.
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- TRAVERSE
Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches. Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton. The ridges of the fallow field traverse. - PROTECT
To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend. - PROTECTRESS; PROTECTRIX
A woman who protects. - HARBOR MASTER
An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor. - PROTECTORIAL
See PROTECTORAL - PROTECTORLESS
Having no protector; unprotected. - PROTECTIVE
Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of a protective Providence." Feltham. Protective coloring , coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. Wallace. -- Protective tariff , - TRAVERSER
One who traverses, or denies. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like. - HARBOROUS
Hospitable. - PROTECTIONIST
One who favors protection. See Protection, 4. - PROTECTIVENESS
The quality or state of being protective. W. Pater. - STRUCTURE
Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure. 5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building - HARBORLESS
Without a harbor; shelterless. - PROTECTIONISM
The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4. - HARBORER
One who, or that which, harbors. Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion. Strype. - BETWEEN
betweónum; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. twa two, akin to Goth. 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of - PROTECTORSHIP
, The office of a protector or regent; protectorate. - PROTECTINGLY
By way of protection; in a protective manner. - STRUCTURELESS
Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a structureless membrane. - HARBOR
The mansion of a heavenly body. 4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven. (more info) herberge, - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - LORDLINESS
The state or quality of being lordly. Shak. - STEELINESS
The quality of being steely. - CHILLINESS
1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth. - SOUTHERNLINESS
Southerliness. - MELANCHOLINESS
The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell. - DEATHLINESS
The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey. - KINGLINESS
The state or quality of being kingly. - UNHARBOR
To drive from harbor or shelter. - BEASTLINESS
The state or quality of being beastly. - BRISTLINESS
The quality or state of having bristles. - POORLINESS
The quality or state of being poorly; ill health. - ZOLLNER'S LINES
Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections. - SLOVENLINESS
The quality or state of being slovenly. - GHASTLINESS
The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look. - MAIDENLINESS
The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.