| 单词 | line of contravallation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasline of contravallation b. Usually, line of contravallation. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > series of fortifications > line of contravallation countervallation1677 contravallation1678 line of contravallation1678 1678 tr. L. de Gaya Art of War i. 54 The line of Contrevallation..which secures the Besiegers from Sallies. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VII. 556 Unless they can be deprived..of their lines of contravallation before Cadiz, nothing can shake them in that part of the Peninsula. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 69 An army, forming a siege, lies between the lines of circumvallation and contravallation. < as lemmas |
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