(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. / (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.

An island in Accomack, Virginia, United States, in the Virginia Barrier Islands, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, of the Delmarva Peninsula

simple past tense and past participle of rain pitchforks

A French holiday home, or a rented tourist cottage.