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Definition of Enceinte

Enceinte
Enceinte En`ceinte", n. [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See Cincture.] 1. (Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place. 2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. --S. W. Williams.
Enceinte
Enceinte En`ceinte", a. [F., fr. L. in not + cinctus, p. p. of cingere to gird about.] Pregnant; with child.

Meaning of Enceinte from wikipedia

- Enceinte (from Latin incinctus "girdled, surrounded") is a French term that refers to the "main defensive enclosure of a fortification". For a castle,...
- translation of its French equivalent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enceinte of Philippe-Auguste. (in French) Website about Philip Augustus with a detailed...
- Pregnant (originally published in French as La grosse femme d'à côté est enceinte, and translated into English by Sheila Fischman in 1981) is a 1978 novel...
- Caroline [@carolineanglade] (1 June 2015). "Tournage de "Josephine est enceinte" de et avec Marilou Berry !! @VanessaGuide 😜😊😘 http://t.co/BGcgc3A9zN"...
- The Kitanomaru Park is located to the north and is the former northern enceinte of Edo Castle. It is a public park and is the site of the Nippon Budokan...
- ("Baking Bad"), Stewie becomes pregnant with Brian's baby ("Stewie Is Enceinte"), Meg becomes a foot fetish model ("This Little Piggy"), and Brian and...
- in 1617 (Genna 3). The Tōshō-gū shrine was established in the Sannomaru enceinte in 1619 (Genna 5), and the northwest turret, the former Kiyosu Tower of...
- developed as a fortified city, but very little remains of the 10th century enceinte. Only some remains of the first city wall can be seen near the Vlees****s...
- of 24/25 May, the defenders were forced to withdraw from the southern enceinte, to a line covering the Old Town and Citadel; attacks next day against...
- 24-pounders, making it the most heavily armed fort in Malta. Parts of the fort's enceinte were rebuilt under the direction of Antoine Étienne de Tousard in the 1790s...