TENAILLES

Noun

tenailles

plural of tenaille

Source: Wiktionary


TENAILLE

Te*naille", n. Etym: [F., a pair of pincers or tongs, a tenaille, fr. L. tenaculum. See Tenaculum.] (Fort.)

Definition: An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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