Sentence examples for built for defence from inspiring English sources
During his tenure, he constructed a twenty-five foot tall rectangular tower, built for defence, "with [arrow] slits in the three outer walls;" this is known as 'Montagu's Tower' to this day.
HMS New Zealand was one of three s built for the defence of the British Empire.
HMAS Australia was one of three s built for the defence of the British Empire.
Originally built for the military defence of the River Ave, the Hotel Forte Sao Joao Baptista is in Vila do Conde, a traditional fishing town 25km north of Porto on Portugal's Costa Verde.
The new houses built from the late sixteenth century by nobles and lairds were primarily built for comfort, not for defence.
Smith supported the islands with several gunvessels, including the converted hoys,, and, and the Musquito-class floating battery, which he had had purpose-built for the defence of the islands.
Victorian historians such as George Clark and John Parker concluded that British castles had been built for the purposes of military defence, but believed that their history was pre-Conquest – concluding that the mottes across the countryside had been built by either the Romans or Celts.
HMS Defence was a armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the last armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy.
A coastal defence in the form of the Delta Works was built for protection against future flooding.
