Usually means: Architectural fortification feature, inward-facing walls.
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  1. tenaille: Merriam-Webster
  2. tenaille: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tenaille: Wordnik
  4. tenaille: Wiktionary
  5. tenaille: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Tenaille: Dictionary.com
  7. Tenaille: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Tenaille: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. tenaille: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Tenaille: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. tenaille: FreeDictionary.org
  12. tenaille: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. tenaille: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Tenaille: Dictionary of Military Architecture

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tenaille)

▸ noun:  (military, historical) An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.

Similar:
tenail, tenaillon, bonnet, salient, orillon, tread, surtout, rideau, shoulder, berm, more...

Opposite:
re-entering angle, salient angle, bastion



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Similar:
tenail, tenaillon, bonnet, salient, orillon, tread, surtout, rideau, shoulder, berm, more...

Opposite:
re-entering angle, salient angle, bastion



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