Stonewall Meaning

Example : A refusal to cooperate.Alternative spelling of stone wall1906, Annual Reports of the War Department, page 312:  Stonewalls have been rebuilt along the piked portion of Taneytown road, along the east end of North Confederate avenue, and along Taneytown road south of Pleasonton avenue.2010, Derek Pomeroy Brereton, Campsteading, page 225:  In the present day, New England's stonewalls are the lineaments of her former agrarian vitality.2011, Jack Mitchell, Angels of the Anasazi, page 140:  Some had suggested that they build sloped stonewalls the entire length of the streambed. The stonewalls would keep the rushing water in a channel and prevent soil from washing away from the streambed walls.2012, Walter G. Robillard and Lane J. Bouman, Clark on Surveying and Boundaries, [1]:  There are remnants of a stonewall at the elm tree on Burrough Road. The aerial photograph shows the existence of a stonewall at the elm tree at least in 1964.