circumvallation
circumvallation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- and
- backwoods
- balustrade
- barricade
- barrier
- begirt
- bent
- beyond
- bosom
- bound
- boundary
- bourn
- bury
- but
- case
- circumscribe
- circumscription
- compass
- confine
- confinement
- container
- containment
- conterminable
- conterminate
- cordon
- corral
- curbstone
- defense
- definite
- demarcation
- dike
- dingle
- ditch
- door
- dyke
- embay
- embosom
- encase
- enceinte
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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