Bastioned

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of bastion form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Furnished with a bastion; having bastions. not-comparable

    "As he walked stiffly aslant against the booming northern wind, he tried to marshal his thoughts, tried to dovetail for himself a picture of what had happened behind the grim, bastioned walls of the lamasery and of what was going to happen […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    secured with bastions or fortifications wordnet

Example

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"As he walked stiffly aslant against the booming northern wind, he tried to marshal his thoughts, tried to dovetail for himself a picture of what had happened behind the grim, bastioned walls of the lamasery and of what was going to happen […]"

Etymology

From bastion + -ed.

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