propugnation
English
Etymology
Latin propugnatio.
Noun
propugnation (countable and uncountable, plural propugnations)
- (obsolete) means of defence; defence
- Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, II.ii.137
- What Propugnation is in one man's valour / To stand the push and enmity of those / This quarrel would excite?
- Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, II.ii.137
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for propugnation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)