单词 | contravallation |
释义 | contravallation /kon'treuh veuh lay"sheuhn/, n. Fort. a more or less continuous chain of redoubts and breastworks raised by besiegers outside the line of circumvallation of a besieged place to protect the besiegers from attacks from the outside, as by a relieving force. [1670-80; CONTRA-1 + VALLATION; cf. F contrevallation, It contravvallazione] |
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