sb. and a. a. sb. Valor tried in war. b. adj. Able to resist a hostile attack.
a. 1599. Shaks., Hen. V., III. i. 18. On, on, you Noblish English, Whose blood is fet from Fathers of Warre-proofe.
b. 1777. Potter, Æschylus, Suppliants, 81. A surer refuge Than tow’r or shield war-proof an altar gives.
1819. Keats, Otho, III. ii. 34. Your knights, found war-proof in the bloody field, Speed to the game.
