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noun

Enceinte n.

(Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; called also body of the place.

The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. "The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte."

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Etymology of 'Enceinte'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enceinte" Quotes from Famous Books

... The enceinte of Nineveh forms thus an irregular trapezium, or a "triangle with its apex abruptly cut off to the south." The breadth, even in the broadest part—that towards the north—is very disproportionate to the length, standing to it as four to nine, or as 1 to 2.25. The town is ...

— The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria • George Rawlinson

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