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单词 enceinte
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enceintenoun [ C ]

/ˌɒ̃nˈsæ̃t//ˌɑ̃ːnˈsæ̃t/specialized

a wall surrounding a castle, cathedral, or fortified city (= one that is protected by walls):

By midnight more than 75,000 soldiers were within the enceinte.

More examples

  • There were often areas of development which could not be accommodated within the enceinte.
  • They had reached the southern part of the Bois de Boulogne, within less than 800 yards of the Paris enceinte.
  • The moment of giving up the defence of the southwestern enceinte could not be far off.
  • For a time, at the middle of the afternoon, the enceinte was absolutely without a guard.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Fortifications

  • acropolis
  • barricade
  • bastion
  • battlements
  • castle
  • citadel
  • drawbridge
  • earthwork
  • entanglement
  • fort
  • Fort Knox
  • foxhole
  • keep
  • moat
  • moated
  • pillbox
  • portcullis
  • rampart
  • stronghold
  • turret

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Places involved in military activity
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