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Webster 1913 Edition

Tenaillon

Te-nail′lon

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Noun.
[F. See
Tenaille
.]
(Fort.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tenaillon

TEN'AILLON

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Noun.
In fortification, tenaillons are works constructed on each side of the ravelins, like the lunets, but differing in this, that one of the faces of the tenaillon is in the direction of the ravelin, whereas that of the lunet is perpendicular to it.

Definition 2024

tenaillon

tenaillon

English

Noun

tenaillon ‎(plural tenaillons)

  1. 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.

Etymology

French. See tenaille.

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