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Etymology
From circumvallate.
Pronunciation
IPA|/s�:k�mvæ�leɪ��n/
Noun
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- A rampart or other defensive entrenchment.
#*1761: and in a word, would intrench and fortify them round with as many circumvallations and breast-works, as my uncle Toby would a citadel. � Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 3 (Penguin 2003, p. 201)
#*1819: 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. � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
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