Assertion: bill | /r/CapableOf | provide defense
Facets:
value: against native americans
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: against spanish military expeditions
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Although obsolete as a military weapon by the 17th century, bills were sent (along with other obsolete arms and armor) to the New World with English colonists to provide defense against Native Americans and Spanish military expeditions.