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noun
A fortification built around a sieged target by the besiegers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: circumvallation
History
By surface analysis, contra- + vallation (“rampart”). Possibly from French contrevallation or Italian contravvallazione; in any case, from Latin contrā + vallātiō (from vallare (“to surround with a rampart”), from vallum (“rampart”)).
