Pro·tect·ive a. Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. “ The favor of a protective Providence.”
Protective coloring Zool., coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. --Wallace.
Protective tariff Polit. Econ., a tariff designed to secure protection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4.
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