He studied it briefly: protected behind him by higher crags and open downslope on three sides.

The town is protected on two sides by deep rocky gorges cut by rivers over thousands of years.

The pa is protected on three sides by sheer cliffs.

The village is protected on three sides by pine-laced hills.

Long Tieng was protected on three sides by limestone mountains.

A dry moat protected the castle on three sides.

It was a peninsula, protected on three sides by the curving river.

They'd fled to the peninsula, where the Sea protected them on three sides.

We have her protected on three sides, this way.

Picketing the horses, I found a corner of the wall that protected me on two sides.