circumvallation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.

/sɜːkəmvæˈleɪʃən/ /sɚkəmvæˈleɪʃən/

circumvallation circumvallations

Borrowed from Latin circumvāllātiō. By surface analysis, circumvallate + -ation.

contravallation

circumvallate

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