The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WALLED
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What does WALLED mean?
WALLED verb- To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
- To boil.
- To well, as water; spring.
- To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).
- Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall
- Pertaining to something which has been placed into a wall, i.e., immured.