Related Clues:
- Cornered, as a hunted animal
- Forced to turn and face the attackers
- Unable to retreat or escape
- Cornered, so to speak
- Up a tree, say
- Trapped in a corner, say
- A river protects British on the defensive
- Prevented from attacking
- Like a contained enemy
- Trapped with no way to descend
- Delayed from acting
- Like a stuck cat
- Unable to retreat
- Good spot to keep an enemy
- Good way to keep an enemy