Coast Defense

a system of fortifications with auxiliary mines and torpedoes to protect a country from hostile attack or occupation on its coast lines. F | Coast Guard, a British force formerly under the customs department, end intended only to prevent smuggling, but now organized also for purposes of defense and governed by the admiralty.. Coati, or Coati-Mondi, a name of South American plantigrade carnivorous mammals, belonging to the bears, but age rather the raccoon or civet, and having a long proboscis or snout.