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enceinte

adj

Etymology

From French enceinte.

  1. borrowed from enceinte

Definitions

  1. Pregnant.

    • And the time was pressing, for the new queen was enceinte, and further concealment was not to be thought of.

  2. An enclosure.

    • And so across the bridge and into the enceinte of the massive walls, threading their way towards the quarter where the morgue lay.

  3. The line of works forming the main enclosure of a fortress.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The area or town enclosed by a line of fortification.

      • S. W. Williams The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.

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