semiprotection
nounEtymology From semi- + protection.
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partial protection
- Behind the lines, the gunners had the semiprotection of makeshift shelters - sheets of corrugated galvanized iron, bolted together and covered with layers of sandbags, sod, and netting.2003, Shelley McKellar, Surgical limits: the life of Gordon Murray, page 17:
- Rain drizzled steadily as we entered the semiprotection of a grove of trees. At least the wind wasn't hitting us so hard. Mom's umbrella proved to be close to useless, because it kept collapsing.2003, Sharon Dunn, Romance Rustlers and Thunderbird Thieves, page 173:
1 more example
- A primigravida pregnant women who has semi-immunity to parasites adherent to endothelium in other organs lacks this semiprotection to the parasites capable of binding to the placenta[…]2009, Pina M. Fratamico, James L. Smith, Kim A. Brogden, Sequelae and long-term consequences of infectious diseases, page 264: