This Conjunto appear to also be a residential area, has defensive elements as dirt-stone fences.

A complex system of a great many gates and courtyards leading up to the central keep serves as one of the key defensive elements.

Other defensive elements of the building are its pockets.

Bastions were used as the main defensive elements.

During three seasons (the last spent in the second division), he was an important defensive element.

In 1591 having become governor of Grenoble he immediately ordered the construction of two new defensive elements for the city.

With the increased power of firearms, additional defensive elements were added between the 16th and 17th centuries.

The defensive element in soccer makes it the world's most difficult sport in which to score.

There is also a defensive element to the regional mergers, analysts say.

Therefore there is a defensive element in deciding whether to kick a bomb.