[...] and in a word, would intrench and fortify them round with as many circumvallations and breast-works, as my uncle Toby would a citadel.
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Circumvallation
//sɚkəmvæˈleɪʃən//
Synonyms for "circumvallation" (31 found)
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3 translations across 3 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- περιτείχισμα noun (rampart)
French
1 entries- circonvallation noun (rampart)
Spanish
1 entries- circunvalación noun (rampart)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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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He just managed to finish her in time—the day before the date fixed for his breaking ground on a greater business still, the circumvallation of Mrs. Dunn.
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