单词 | enceinte |
释义 | enceinten. An enclosure; chiefly in Fortification (see quots.). ΘΚΠ 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. Of women: Pregnant. †privement enseint (legal Anglo-Norman): see quot. 1613. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1708adj.1602 |
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