protective

Adapted or intended to afford protection.

Something that protects.

Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

Adapted or intended to afford protection: as, a protective measure; affording protection to commodities of home production: as, a protective tariff; protective taxes.

That which protects; something adapted to afford protection.

In surgery, carbolized oiled silk applied over wounds for the exclusion of pathogenic bacteria.

Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry.

a tariff designed to secure protection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4.

Serving, intended or wishing to protect.