Lexicographical Neighbors of Enceintes
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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