(Canada, historical) Former name of Parliament Hill. A hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada / (Canada, historical, military) A former military outpost in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The state, quality, or condition of being protective.

(sometimes pluralized, almost always preceded by the) The manner, often unavoidable or displeasing, in which events usually unfold or in which people usually behave.

simple past tense and past participle of stob