Enceinte

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Pregnant; with child.

II. Enceinte ·noun The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.

III. Enceinte ·noun The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place;

— called also body of the place.

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