单词 | wall of circumvallation |
释义 | > as lemmaswall of circumvallation b. line of circumvallation: a line of earth-works consisting of a rampart and trench surrounding a besieged place or the camp of a besieging army. So wall of circumvallation, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > line of rampart and trench line of circumvallationc1660 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 36 At night we rod about the lines of Circumvallation. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 12 The Walls of Circumvallation of that Pallace, being four and twenty foote thick. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. vi. xi. 473 The outward moat of circumvallation was above a league in extent. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xxxviii. 605 The line of circumvallation was already closed. < as lemmas |
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