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单词 enceinte
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enceinten.

Brit. /ɒ̃ˈsãt/, /ɒnˈsant/, U.S. /ɑnˈsænt/
Etymology: French; formed on late Latin type *incincta, < participial stem of incingĕre to gird, surround closely.
An enclosure; chiefly in Fortification (see quots.).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun]
closurec1420
inclusiona1500
closing1530
circumference1602
enclosure1605
interception1665
enceinte1708
circumclusion1730
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun]
wallc900
banka1387
aggera1398
trench1445
braye1512
mantle-walla1522
werewalla1525
rampire1548
rampart1550
mound1558
mount1558
argin1589
vallie1602
earthwork1633
circumvallation1645
vallation1664
subtrench1669
epaulement1687
enceinte1708
ring1780
vallum1803
main-work1833
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > main enclosure of fort
bawn1537
body1579
enceinte1708
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Enceinte, Compass, Inclosure.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Enceinte, in fortification, the wall, or rampart, which surrounds a place, sometimes composed of bastions and curtains, either faced or lined with brick, or stone, or only made of earth.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 29 It did not seemingly form part of the enceinte of the mediaeval castle of the Wake.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 136/2 The ‘enceinte’ or ‘body of the place’ is the main enclosure of the fortress.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

enceinteadj.

Brit. /ɒ̃ˈsãt/, /ɒnˈsant/, U.S. /ɑnˈsænt/
Forms: 1500s [ insented] 1500s–1700s enseint, 1600s einsent, inseint, 1700s– enceinte.
Etymology: French; = Provençal encinta, Spanish (written as two words) en cinta, Italian incinta < late Latin in-cincta, explained by Isidore (6th cent.) as ‘ungirt’, < in- negative prefix + cincta, past participle of cingĕre to gird. Others explain the word as the past participle of incingĕre to put a girdle on, gird (the Italian and Provençal forms of this verb being used for ‘to render pregnant’), or as phrase (late Latin *in cinctā = in cinctū) in a girdle. See Diez and Scheler.
Of women: Pregnant. †privement enseint (legal Anglo-Norman): see quot. 1613.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective]
greatc1175
with childc1175
with childc1300
baggeda1400
bounda1400
pregnant?a1425
quicka1450
greaterc1480
heavyc1480
teeming1530
great-bellied1533
big1535
boundenc1540
impregnate1540
great-wombeda1550
young with child1566
gravid1598
pregnate1598
pagled1599
enceinte1602
child-great1605
conceived1637
big-bellieda1646
brooding1667
in the (also a) family way1688
in the (also that) way1741
undelivered1799
ensient1818
enwombeda1822
in a delicate condition1827
gestant1851
in pod1890
up the (also a) pole1918
in a particular condition1922
preg?1927
in the spud line1937
up the spout1937
preggy1938
up the stick1941
preggers1942
in pig1945
primigravid1949
preggo1951
in a certain condition1958
gestating1961
up the creek1961
in the (pudding) cluba1966
gravidated-
1599 Will of Geffrey Taylard (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/42B) f. 8v Yf my wife be pryvyment insented wt a man childe.]
1602 in J. P. Rylands Chesh. & Lanc. Fun. Certif. (1882) Agnes was priviement enseint wth a sonne.
1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 117 His wife priuement inseint (that is, so with childe as it is not discerned).
1723 Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 114 During a possibility of being left enceinte.
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. ii. xi. 61 Leaving his wife enseint or big with child.
1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy i. 26 Those Parisian ladies who were fortunately enceinte.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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