Usually means: Small outwork in fortification defense.
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  1. tenaillon: Merriam-Webster
  2. tenaillon: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tenaillon: Wordnik
  4. tenaillon: Wiktionary
  5. Tenaillon: Dictionary.com
  6. Tenaillon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. tenaillon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Tenaillon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. tenaillon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. tenaillon: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Tenaillon: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Tenaillon: Dictionary of Military Architecture

Definitions from Wiktionary (tenaillon)

noun:  (military, historical) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.

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