Category:Protective

Pro*tect"ive, a. Etym: [cf. F. protectif.]

Defn: affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " the favor of a Protective providence." Feltham. Protective coloring (zoöl.), 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.