Sentence examples for ring of defences from inspiring English sources
The town walls of Ludlow also began to be constructed in the 13th century, probably from 1260 onwards, and these were linked to the castle to form a continuous ring of defences around the town.
Paskevich probably did not want to enter Warsaw, and counted on the Polish defenders to abandon the city or surrender once the outer ring of defences was pierced and the city centre was threatened with fire.
In this way, a second inner ring of defence was provided, as Al-Adil's walls enclosed a slightly larger area.
Verhofstadt, a former prime minister of Belgium and lifelong federalist, urged the EU to "fight back" against "the ring of autocrats" by working together on defence and reforming the eurozone.
At large deformations, the membrane behaviour of the affected slabs, consisting of a peripheral compressive ring of concrete supporting tensile membrane action in the central region, represents an important line of defence against progressive collapse.
Armored personnel carriers and soldiers from the Army, or Jamaica Defence Force, and the police, or Jamaica Constabulary Force, were massing to the south and east, outside the ring of barricades.
A ring of five forts located at the modern hamlets of Aïn Schkor, Bled el Gaada, Sidi Moussa, Sidi Said and Bled Takourart (ancient Tocolosida) were constructed to bolster the city's defence.
For the Frankish weapon of defence is this coat of mail, ring plaited into ring, and the iron fabric is such excellent iron that it repels arrows and keeps the wearer's skin unhurt.
Thirty seconds later the boos rang out as Bridge played the ball out of defence, and for the rest of the match there were catcalls and whistles.
Gaitan and Aimar were joining the Benfica midfield to run rings around Michael Carrick and Fletcher, but once United improved their passing out of defence, they started to create problems for the visitors.
