Meandered South, defenceless (6)

I believe the answer is:

snaked

'meandered' is the definition.
(snaking is a kind of meandering)

'south defenceless' is the wordplay.
'south' becomes 's' ('S' can be a synonym of 'south').
'defenceless' becomes 'naked' (I've seen this before).
's'+'naked'='SNAKED'

(Another definition for snaked that I've seen is " wound".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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