enceinte

noun 3adj 1

Definitions

adj

1

Pregnant.

And the time was pressing, for the new queen was enceinte, and further concealment was not to be thought of.

noun

1

An enclosure.

These labours upon Phœnician necropoli are of great importance. [...] M. [Louis Félicien] de Saulcy, one of the first travellers who has thrown light upon these necropoli, devoted himself to a very interesting examination of the tombs of the kings, of the prophets and judges, and upon the immense necropolis that surrounds Jerusalem, like a funeral enceinte.

And so across the bridge and into the enceinte of the massive walls, threading their way towards the quarter where the morgue lay.

2

The line of works forming the main enclosure of a fortress.

3

The area or town enclosed by a line of fortification.

S. W. Williams The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.

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