Definition of Tenaille. Meaning of Tenaille. Synonyms of Tenaille

- A tenaille (archaic tenalia) is an advanced defensive-work, in front of the main defences of a fortress, which takes its name from resemblance to the lip...
- bastioned land front and its outworks, an enceinte facing the sea, and a tenaille trace facing Rinella Bay of the Grand Harbour. The land front consists...
- Théodore Tenaille-Saligny (22 February 1830 – 24 March 1889) was a French lawyer, civil servant and politician. He came from a prosperous family, was a...
- re-entering angle at the point. It was sometimes also called bastion with a tenaille. Such bastions were used, when without such a structure, the angle would...
- the outward works ; such as from the higher flank to the lower, to the tenailles, or the communication from the middle of the curtain to the ravelin. When...
- Spirits. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-7546-5554-1. Frank Tenaille (2002). Music is the Weapon of the ****ure: Fifty Years of African Po****r...
- minimize the power of the attack, are abandoned in favour of a simple tenaille plan so arranged that the defenders can bring an overwhelming fire to bear...
- Éléonore Tenaille de Vaulabelle (12 Oct. 1801 – 12 October 1859 ) was a French writer and playwright. He published his novels under the pseudonym Ernest...
- reduced, and beyond the ditch, additional outworks such as ravelins and tenailles were added to protect the curtain walls from direct cannonading. Bawn...
- Sandbag Scarp and Counterscarp Sconce Schanze Sea fort Station Star fort Tenaille 19th century Barbed wire Barbette Border outpost Bunker Coastal artillery...