The inhabitants were told that there was no safety for them but in their "wooden walls,"--that is their shipping.
The "wooden walls"[3] of England exist no more, for iron has superseded wood.
The phrase "wooden walls" is derived from the Greek.
In the thrice famous days of Nelson, it was still our "wooden walls" which carried the flag of England on from triumph to triumph.
But at last the day arrived when it became manifest that the glory of our "wooden walls" had set.
Hair-splitter," so named from his deftness with the sharp adze, the shipwright's characteristic tool in the days of wooden walls.
No doubt it was he who inspired the prophetess of Delphi with her mysterious message that "the Athenians must make for themselves wooden walls," and he supplied the explanation of the enigma.
The Persian must be met not on the land, but in "wooden walls" upon the sea.
The Delphian oracle had obscurely declared, "When everything else in the land of Cecrops shall be taken, Zeus grants to Athena that the wooden walls alone shall remain unconquered, to defend you and your children.
But there were various opinions as to what was meant by the "wooden walls.
Those who supposed that by the "wooden walls" was denoted the fleet, thought that Salamis might have been alluded to as the place near which the great naval battle was to be fought.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wooden walls" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
