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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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Siege

0Siege --- act of surrounding a00 fortified place00 by an army in order to capture it.02br
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00What does `fortified place' mean in the above sentence?02br
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00I know fortified means protected. If it is right, then I am confused what `protected place' mean?02br
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0Fortified means walls, in this case. 02br 02br 00However, you can also lay seige to a harbor, I believe, meaning that you don't let any ships in or out. 0-

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  • 0Fortified means walls, in this case.
  • 02br 02br 00However, you can also lay seige to a harbor, I believe, meaning that you don't let any ships in or out.
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0Fortified means walls, in this case. A place can be protected by many means, including natural features.02br
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00However, you can also lay seige to a harbor, I believe, meaning that you don't let any ships in or out. That doesn't mean the harbor has walls.0-
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0Hello there, Sailor,05002br
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01font00However, you can also lay seige to a harbor, I believe, meaning that you don't let any ships in or out. 02font02br
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00Wouldn't you nautical types term this a blockade?02br
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00Yo ho ho, Clive010id5
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0Yes, you privateer, it would be a blockade. But I'm sure I've read things like "They laid seige to the city, allowing in supplies neither by land nor sea," or some such stuff. Does that sound completely wrong?02br
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00(And hey, that's "Sailor, Ma'am"! 05000 )02br
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00<edited - the word is blockade, not blockage. I made a typo>010id
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