Crossword-Solution: TENAILLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tenaille | n. | An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin. |
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| TENAILLE | anagram | LATELINE |
We have 2 clues for the answer “TENAILLE”
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| In fortifications, an outwork in the main ditch. | 1 answer |
| Outwork between two bastions. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with TENAILLE (5)
The _tenaille_ is a small low work placed in the ditch, to cover the scarp wall of the curtain and flanks from the fire of the besieger's batteries erected along the crest of the glacis.
Works of this character constructed within the bastion are termed _interior retrenchments;_ when sufficiently elevated to command the exterior ground, they are called _cavaliers._ _Caponniers_ are works constructed to cover the passage of the ditch from the tenaille to the gorge of the demi-lune, and also from the demi-lune to the covered way, by which communication may be maintained between the enceinte and outworks.
Tenaille.] (Surg.) Defn: An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
See Tenaille.] (Fort.) Defn: A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.
His front was applied to Alessandria, as has been stated, and contains many elaborations of the bastion trace, with, in particular, masked flanks in the tenaille, which served as extra flanks of the bastions.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1951–1967).