"guardline" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From guard + line.",
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      "form": "guardlines",
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          "ref": "1980, Ronald G. Knapp, China's island frontier: studies in the historical geography of Taiwan:",
          "text": "The Japanese countered by augmenting the number of guards and extending the guardline to protect the camphor and timber workers. By 1900 a guardline enclosing Atayal territory was completed.",
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        "A defensive line of human guards, barriers, etc."
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          "barrier",
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  "word": "guardline"
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  "word": "guardline"
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