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vaˈllation rare.
[ad. late L. vallātio, f. L. vallāre (see vallate a.), f. vallum rampart.]
A ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defence or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature.
1664Evelyn Sylva 112 Two hedges, with their Vallations and Trenches, will be requisite in all the Round; viz. one next to the Enclosure, the other about the thicket, to fence it from Cattle. 1781Warton Hist. Kiddington 70 The vallation..called Dyke-Hills, consisting of two ridges or borders with an intermediate trench,..is not Roman. 1799R. Warner Walk (1800) 12 He may..please his fancy with discriminating between the vallations of the Celtic aborigenes, and the huge mounds of their Saxon invaders. |