Definition of Enceintes

1. enceinte [n] - See also: enceinte

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enceintes

encashing
encashment
encashments
encasing
encatarrhaphy
encauma
encaustic
encaustics
encave
encaved
encaves
encaving
encebollado
encebollados
enceinte
enceintes (current term)
encelitis
encephal-
encephala
encephalaemia
encephalalgia
encephalartos
encephalatrophic
encephalatrophy
encephalauxe
encephale isole
encephalectomies
encephalectomy
encephalic
encephalic vesicle

Literary usage of Enceintes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... methods and Byzantines favoured multiplied enceintes or several concentric lines of defence. This of course is always a tendency of decadent nations. ..."

2. Fortification: Its Past Achievements, Recent Development, and Future Progress by George Sydenham Clarke Sydenham, George Sydenham Clarke (1907)
"... MACHINE-GUNS—SMOKELESS POWDER —HIGH EXPLOSIVES—TACTICAL REQUIREMENTS—OBSTACLES—USELESSNESS OF enceintes AND OF REDUITS AMONG the developments of modern ..."

3. Mahan's Permanent Fortifications by Dennis Hart Mahan (1887)
"enceintes. 41. The most simple mode of fortifying a position in a permanent manner consists in inclosing it with a rampart surmounted by a parapet, ..."

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