tenaillonn.
/tɪˈnalɪən/ Fortification.
A work sometimes placed before each of the faces of a ravelin, leaving the salient angle exposed.
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1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1222/1 Tenaillon... Seldom adopted.
1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 287 On the north side where Lally attacked, the bastion and demi-bastion are detached and the works near the sea covered by a tenaillon.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 262 Lunettes and Tenaillons are works (consisting of two faces) constructed on each side of ravelins.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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