ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

eastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet † , bastion, redan † , ravelin † ; vauntmure † ;
advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan † , barbican; redoubt; fort-elage [Fr.], fortalice;
lines.
loophole, machicolation † ; sally port.
hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum &c (refuge) 666; keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress,
citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon † , pah † , sconce,
martello tower † , peelhouse † , blockhouse, rath † ; wooden walls.
[body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron,
mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate † ,
cowcatcher, face guard, scutum † , cuirass, habergeon † , mail, coat of mail, brigandine † ,
hauberk, lorication † , helmet, helm, bassinet, salade † , heaume † , morion † , murrion † , armet † ,
cabaset † , vizor † , casquetel † , siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace † , shako
&c (dress) 225.
bearskin; panoply; truncheon &c (weapon) 727.
garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian &c (safety) 664; bodyguard,
champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner † .
bulletproof window.
hardened site.
V. defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison † ; fend round &c
(circumscribe) 229; fence, entrench, intrench † ; guard &c (keep safe) 664; guard against;
take care of &c (vigilance) 459; bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat
back; hinder &c 706.
parry, repel, propugn † , put to flight; give a warm reception to [Iron.]; hold at bay,
keep at bay, keep arm's length.
stand on the defensive, act on the defensive; show fight; maintain one's ground, stand
one's ground; stand by; hold one's own; bear the brunt, stand the brunt; fall back upon,
hold, stand in the gap.
Adj. defending &c v.; defensive; mural † ; armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie,
armed to the teeth; panoplied † ; iron-plated, ironclad; loopholed, castellated,
machicolated † , casemated † ; defended &c v.; proof against.
armored, ballproof † , bulletproof; hardened.
Adv. defensively; on the defense, on the defensive; in defense; at bay, pro aris et focis
[Lat.].
Int. no surrender!,
Phr. defense not defiance; Dieu defend le droit [Fr.]; fidei defensor [Lat.], defender of
the faith.
718. Retaliation -- N. retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback; counter-stroke, counter-blast,
counterplot, counter-project; retribution, lex talionis [Lat.]; reciprocation &c
(reciprocity) 12.
tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure
for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof
valiant, retort courteous.
recrimination &c (accusation) 938; revenge &c 919; compensation &c 30; reaction
&c (recoil) 277.