The measures that Geats had taken to protect the route have no match in the Viking Age Sweden.

In Crusader times, the northern area was fortified to protect the route to Nazareth.

He was the Overland Stage Company's most feared enforcer, protecting the route from road agents and keeping the coaches on schedule.

Seventeen bolts protect the route.

The secondary role of the park is to protect the 1793 route of Alexander Mackenzie through the continental divide.

Taimur left his soldiers to protect the important route between Kabul and Kashmir.

If they were picked up they would protect the route by their secrecy: the death pill is proof against every method of interrogation known to man.

The castle was originally built to protect the north-south route in Hollandic territory.

After a public meeting was held to gauge support for the proposals, the District Council protected the route for the canal in its Local Plan.

But the police have also pledged to protect the direct route along the Ardoyne Road.