circumvallate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin circumvallare, from circum- + vallum (“rampart”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcircumvallate (third-person singular simple present circumvallates, present participle circumvallating, simple past and past participle circumvallated)
- (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
- The settlement is circumvallated by a stake-fence, so decayed that one may gain ingress at a dozen places.
Derived terms
editAdjective
editcircumvallate (not comparable)
Latin
editVerb
editcircumvāllāte