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Circumvallation

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cir·cum·val·late  (sûrkm-vlt)
tr.v. cir·cum·val·lat·ed, cir·cum·val·lat·ing, cir·cum·val·lates
To surround with or as if with a rampart.
adj.
1. also (-t) Surrounded with or as if with a rampart.
2. Anatomy Surrounded by a ridge or raised, wall-like structure.
[Latin circumvallre, circumvallt- : circum-, circum- + vallum, rampart with palisades (from vallus, post, stake).]
circum·val·lation n.


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But when once they passed the line of circumvallation and found themselves in the open plain, D'Artagnan, who was completely ignorant of what was going forward, thought it was time to demand an explanation.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The Saxon architect had exhausted his art in rendering the main keep defensible, and there was no other circumvallation than a rude barrier of palisades.
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