1) Circumscription
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• (n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without. • (n.) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.
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Cir`cum·val·la'tion noun (Mil.) (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.
(b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
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In military terms, circumvallation describes a line of field-works consisting of a rampart or parapet, with a trench surrounding a besieged place, or the camp of a besieging army.
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circumvallation 1. A more or less continuous chain of redoubts and breastworks raised by besiegers outside the line of circumvallation of a besieged place to protect the besiegers from attacks from the outside; such as, by a relieving force. 2. A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the...
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