English Explanatory Dictionary

tenaillon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A work constructed on each side of the ravelins to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.

Word forms

tenaillon tenaillons

Etymology

From French tenaillon. See tenaille.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary