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Definition of Enceinte
1. Adjective. In an advanced stage of pregnancy. "Was great with child"
Similar to: Pregnant
Derivative terms: Expect, Expect, Gravidity, Gravidness, Largeness
Definition of Enceinte
1. n. The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.
2. a. Pregnant; with child.
Definition of Enceinte
1. Adjective. (archaic) Pregnant. ¹
2. Noun. An enclosure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enceinte
1. an encircling fortification [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enceinte
Literary usage of Enceinte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Modem Antwerp is a finely laid out city with a succession of broad avenues which
mark the position of the first enceinte. There are long streets and ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"The walls of this exterior enceinte are hollowed by galleries of two kinds: some
horizontal and giving access from outside to all the stories, ..."
3. Syria: The Desert & the Sown by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1907)
"... because the prosperity of Egypt had made so deep an impression on Syrian minds.
KAL'AT EL HUSN, WALLS OF THE INNER enceinte That evening the ..."
4. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1837)
"On formait une enceinte, dont « les extrémités embrassaient un espace de trois
... Quelquefois, « son enceinte renfermait un espace de trois mois de marche; ..."
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