Crossword-Solution: CIRCUMVALLATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Circumvallation | n. | The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. |
| Circumvallation | n. | 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. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| MAKING of entrenchment | 1 answer |
| MAKING of rampart | 1 answer |
| entrenchment | 9 answers |
| defences | 19 answers |
| Fortification | 56 answers |
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Sentences with CIRCUMVALLATION (5)
The Saxon architect had exhausted his art in rendering the main keep defensible, and there was no other circumvallation than a rude barrier of palisades.
The circumvallation formed a double enclosure, the inner side of which was, in fact, two feet or three feet distant from the other, and connected by a concentric range of long flat stones, thus forming a series of concentric rings or stories of various heights, rising to the top of the tower.
The space of ground included within the vellum has been estimated at twenty-two acres, and the outward circumvallation was computed at 4800 feet.
The method of surrounding the enemy with strong lines of circumvallation, which he had twice employed against the Gothic king, was repeated on a larger scale, and with more considerable effect.
Yet, instead of assaulting the walls of Antioch, the humanity or superstition of Nicephorus appeared to respect the ancient metropolis of the East: he contented himself with drawing round the city a line of circumvallation; left a stationary army; and instructed his lieutenant to expect, without impatience, the return of spring.