vallationn.

Etymology: < late Latin vallātio, < Latin vallāre (see vallate adj.), < vallum rampart.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: vaˈllation.

rare.

A ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defence or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun]

wallc900

banka1387

aggera1398

trench1445

braye1512

mantle-walla1522

werewalla1525

rampire1548

rampart1550

mound1558

mount1558

argin1589

vallie1602

earthwork1633

circumvallation1645

vallation1664

subtrench1669

epaulement1687

enceinte1708

ring1780

vallum1803

main-work1833

1664 J. Evelyn 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.

1781 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire 70 The vallation..called Dyke-Hills, consisting of two ridges or borders with an intermediate trench,..is not Roman.

1799 R. Warner Walk Western Counties (1800) 12 He may..please his fancy with discriminating between the vallations of the Celtic aborigenes, and the huge mounds of their Saxon invaders.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	vallation
释义	vallationn. Etymology: < late Latin vallātio, < Latin vallāre (see vallate adj.), < vallum rampart.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: vaˈllation. rare. A ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defence or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] wallc900 banka1387 aggera1398 trench1445 braye1512 mantle-walla1522 werewalla1525 rampire1548 rampart1550 mound1558 mount1558 argin1589 vallie1602 earthwork1633 circumvallation1645 vallation1664 subtrench1669 epaulement1687 enceinte1708 ring1780 vallum1803 main-work1833 1664 J. Evelyn 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. 1781 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire 70 The vallation..called Dyke-Hills, consisting of two ridges or borders with an intermediate trench,..is not Roman. 1799 R. Warner Walk Western Counties (1800) 12 He may..please his fancy with discriminating between the vallations of the Celtic aborigenes, and the huge mounds of their Saxon invaders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1664
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