defenced

1. 1
   adjectivearchaic

   Having protection that keeps it safe from attack or harm.

   The army could not get into the defenced city on the hill.

   Comparison of the condition to which the defenced city is to be reduced, to a wilderness.

   1854, “A Designation and Exposition of the Figures in Isaiah”, in The Theological and Literary JournalHere, defenced means protected against attack, like a city with walls.

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2. 2
   verbobsoleteUK

   Past tense and past participle of defence. Used in old writing about making a place safe from attack.

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