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contravallation
[ kon-truh-vuh-ley-shuhn ]
noun
, Fortification.
- 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, as by a relieving force.
contravallation
/ ˌkɒntrəvəˈleɪʃən /
noun
- fortifications built by besiegers around the place besieged
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contravallation1
1670–80; contra- 1( def ) + vallation; compare French contrevallation, Italian contravvallazione
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contravallation1
C17: from contra- + Latin vallātiō entrenchment; compare French contrevallation
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Example Sentences
On the 20th I continued working on the lines of contravallation, under a dreadful fire from the place.
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Around the great tête de pont, he contented himself with raising a contravallation, which cut off the two roads.
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Before help arrived, Anseric had had time to kill or put to flight all who were guarding the contravallation.
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The old system of intrenched camps and lines of contravallation is unsuited to the spirit of modern warfare.
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The other covered the siege, and secured himself from the allies by lines of contravallation.
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