"Contravallation" is a word in ENGLISH
A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by
besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.
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The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
Read the complete definitionbalanganán - Ambush, ambuscade, trench, hiding place (for lying in wait for); one to be—waylaid,—ambushed,—attacked from a hiding place. (cf. …
Read the complete definitionbaluárte, balwárte - (Sp. baluarte) Bulwark, defence, stronghold, fortress, fort; trench. (cf. trintséra, palalípdan, palamakurán).
Read the complete definitionA cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.
Read the complete definitionA winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.
Read the complete definitionAn artificial ditch or trench in the earth, for confining water to a defined channel, to be used for purposes …
Read the complete definitionA groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.
Read the complete definitionA trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend …
Read the complete definitionA drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.
Read the complete definitionA trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, …
Read the complete definitionThat means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Read the complete definitionTo enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to …
Read the complete definitionA firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a …
Read the complete definitionA dyke, ditch, or trench; a place inclosed by a ditch; a moat; a canal
Read the complete definitionAny trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.
Read the complete definitionA trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.
Read the complete definitionTo trench; to drain.
Read the complete definitionLat. In the civil law. A trench. A place sunk by the side of a stream, so called because it …
Read the complete definitionTo surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the …
Read the complete definitionTo cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
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