Usually means: Fortification line facing towards attackers.
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  1. contravallation: Merriam-Webster
  2. contravallation: Collins English Dictionary
  3. contravallation: Wordnik
  4. contravallation: Wiktionary
  5. contravallation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. contravallation: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Contravallation, contravallation: Dictionary.com
  8. Contravallation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Contravallation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. contravallation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Contravallation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. contravallation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. contravallation: FreeDictionary.org
  14. contravallation: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. contravallation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Contravallation (Lines of): Dictionary of Military Architecture

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▸ noun:  A fortification built around a sieged target by the besiegers.

Similar:
circumvallation, coupure, castellation, contrefort, besieging, enceinte, approaches, entanglement, murdress, fortification, more...

Opposite:
support, reinforcement, fortification

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Similar:
circumvallation, coupure, castellation, contrefort, besieging, enceinte, approaches, entanglement, murdress, fortification, more...

Opposite:
support, reinforcement, fortification



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