a. Obs. Also 7 -ceable. [UN-1 7 b.] a. = next 2. b. Unpreventable.
c. 1412. Hoccleve, De Reg. Princ., 2619. We armes bere A-geyn the armed men, hem for to dere, And naght a-geyn children vndefensable.
c. 1440. Jacob’s Well, 194. A knyȝt wyth-outen armoure, or armoure wyth-outen a knyȝt, is vndefensable.
1622. Callis, Stat. Sewers (1647), 114. Things which happen extraordinarily by the Sea or great waters … are counted inevitable and undefenceable.
