Bible Dictionaries
Circumvallation
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.
(2):
(n.) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Circumvallation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/circumvallation.html. 1828.