guardline

English

Etymology

From guard +‎ line.

Noun

guardline (plural guardlines)

1. A defensive line of human guards, barriers, etc.
   • 1980, Ronald G. Knapp, China's island frontier: studies in the historical geography of Taiwan:

     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.

Anagrams

• engraulid, gerundial