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guardline en · NOUN

Etymology

From guard + line.

Meanings

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:

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