Line of troops and armament, fortified and set up to protect a high-value location during an armed conflict.
1Roughly, we formed a semicircle, the enemy's fortified line being the chord of the arc.
2They've got the most powerful fortified line in the world, I suppose, all the way from Belfort to Verdun.
3The small town of Morphou, just north of the fortified line that divides Cyprus, epitomises in microcosm the island's challenge.
4He remarked upon the fortified line of hills, which had impressed him even from the other side of the river.
5The unfortunate country people, thus torn from their homes, were allotted lands, within the fortified line of the towns, to encamp on.
6On the 27th, the Army of the Potomac, leaving only sufficient men to hold its fortified line, moved by the enemy's right flank.
7To approach close to the breastworks without firing a gun, and not to discharge a single piece until they were well within the fortified line.
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