·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.
[Fr.] A slightly bastioned wall or rampart line of defence, which sometimes surrounds the body of ...
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