Definitions | circumvallate |
| verb (circumvallat, ing)
- to surround with a rampart
- 2004: The settlement is circumvallated by a stake-fence, so decayed that one may gain ingress at a dozen places. " David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Etymology: From Latin circumvallare, from circum- + vallum "rampart".
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