Line of troops and armament, fortified and set up to protect a high-value location during an armed conflict.
1 Roughly, we formed a semicircle, the enemy's fortified line being the chord of the arc.
2 They've got the most powerful fortified line in the world, I suppose, all the way from Belfort to Verdun.
3 The small town of Morphou, just north of the fortified line that divides Cyprus, epitomises in microcosm the island's challenge.
4 He remarked upon the fortified line of hills, which had impressed him even from the other side of the river.
5 The unfortunate country people, thus torn from their homes, were allotted lands, within the fortified line of the towns, to encamp on.
6 On the 27th, the Army of the Potomac, leaving only sufficient men to hold its fortified line , moved by the enemy's right flank.
7 To 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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