Encincturement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of encincturing or girding. uncountable
  2. 2
    The state or quality of being encinctured or girded. uncountable

    "...city itself, though not properly a fortress, was sufficiently strong, in its encincturement of 'wall and towers and river, to be able to make a stubborn resistance."

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"...city itself, though not properly a fortress, was sufficiently strong, in its encincturement of 'wall and towers and river, to be able to make a stubborn resistance."

Etymology

From encincture + -ment.

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