ppl. a.
1538. [see FORTIFIED].
1591. Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., IV. ii. 19. For I protest we are well fortified, And strong enough to issue out and fight.
1618. Gainsford, Glory Eng., I. viii. 60. If ambition transport you to view the palace of Honour, they can bring you into well fortified Cities.
a. 1625. Manwayring, Sea-mans Dict., 68. If a Peece have much mettle in any part, they say, she is well fortified.
1692, 1757. [see FORTIFIED ppl. a.].
1821. trans. Iliad, II. I. 41. I should return home when I had destroyed the well-fortified city of Ilium.
