contravallation
n . 对垒
对垒
Contravallation \
Con `
tra *
val *
la "
tion \,
n . [
Pref .
contra -
vallation :
cf .
F .
contrevallation .
Cf . {
Countervallation }.]
(
Fort .)
A trench guarded with a parapet ,
constructed by besiegers ,
to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged .
[
1913 Webster ]
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
contravallation ":
abatis ,
advanced work ,
balistraria ,
bank ,
banquette ,
barbed -
wire entanglement ,
barbican ,
barricade ,
barrier ,
bartizan ,
bastion ,
battlement ,
breastwork ,
bulwark ,
casemate ,
cheval -
de -
frise ,
circumvallation ,
counterscarp ,
curtain ,
demibastion ,
dike ,
drawbridge ,
earthwork ,
enclosure ,
entanglement ,
escarp ,
escarpment ,
fence ,
fieldwork ,
fortalice ,
fortification ,
glacis ,
loophole ,
lunette ,
machicolation ,
mantelet ,
merlon ,
mound ,
outwork ,
palisade ,
parados ,
parapet ,
portcullis ,
postern gate ,
rampart ,
ravelin ,
redan ,
redoubt ,
sally port ,
scarp ,
sconce ,
stockade ,
tenaille ,
vallation ,
vallum ,
work
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