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guardlines

guardlines is the plural of guardline.

Meaning of guardline

Noun

guardline (plural guardlines)

  1. A defensive line of human guards, barriers, etc.
    • The Japanese countered by augmenting the number of guards and extending the guardline to protect the camphor and timber workers. By 1900 a guardline enclosing Atayal territory was completed.1980, Ronald G. Knapp, China's island frontier: studies in the historical geography of Taiwan

Questions about guardlines

What is guardlines the plural of?
Guardlines is the plural of guardline.

Words near guardlines in the dictionary

  1. Guardists
  2. guardless
  3. guardlessness
  4. guardlike
  5. guardline
  6. guardlines
  7. guardpost
  8. guardposts
  9. guardrail
  10. guardrailed
  11. guardrails

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