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Definitions
a fortification build around a sieged target by the besiegers to prevent attacks by the defenders.
Word origin
By surface analysis, contra- + vallation (“rampart”). Possibly from French contrevallation or Italian contravvallazione; in any case, from Latin contrā + vallātiō (from vallare (“to surround with a rampart”), from vallum (“rampart”)).
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