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Example sentences from the Web for tenailleFor a dry and level site he recommended a bastioned trace; but for wet ditches and for irregular ground, tenaille traces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various Two were placed in the tenaille of the castle, and two were kept in reserve. Annals of a Fortress|E. Viollet-le-Duc Tenaille bastion: Used when the flanked angle is too acute; that is, less than 70. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various The “tenaille” system and the “polygonal” system which grew out of it are mainly identified with the German school. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various
De Groote, who wrote in 1618, produced a sort of tenaille system, and may have been the inspiration of Rimpler. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various
nounfortifications a low outwork in the main ditch between two bastions Word Origin for tenailleC16: from French, literally: tongs, from Late Latin tenācula, pl of tenaculum Words nearby tenailletenacity, ten-acre block, tenaculum, tenaculum forceps, Tenafly, tenaille, tenaim, tena koe, tena korua, tena koutou, tenalgia Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |