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Contravallation

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Con`tra`val`la´tion
n.1.(Fort.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.


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In many ways, this concept has some of the same characteristics of a medieval siege, where lines of circumvallation and contravallation were used to keep the enemy from attacking both from inside and outside the isolated area; however, in this case, one line does both.
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