CIRCUMVALLATE


Meaning of CIRCUMVALLATE in English

— circumvallation , n.

/serr'keuhm val"ayt/ , adj., v., circumvallated, circumvallating .

adj.

1. surrounded by or as if by a rampart.

2. Anat. surrounded by a depression or wall-like ridge.

v.t.

3. to surround with or as if with a rampart.

[ 1655-65; circumvallatus (ptp. of circumvallare to surround with a wall), equiv. to circum- CIRCUM- + vall ( um ) rampart, wall + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .