vallate

[ val-eyt ]

adjective
  1. bordered by a ridge, raised edge, or the like.

Origin of vallate

1
1875–80; <Late Latin vallātus (past participle of vallāre to surround, border with a wall, rampart), equivalent to vall(um) rampart, wall + -ātus-ate1

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