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Instead of this, with the exception of some two or three harmless sorties, they have been allowed slowly to inclose us in a net of circumvallations.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

The foot of the hill was enclosed by a palisade and a moat; these circumvallations frequently rendered successful assault impossible, and the only recourse open to the attacking force was a protracted siege.

From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh

A man naturally thinks it will go hard within such august circumvallations.

From The Pocket R.L.S., being favourite passages from the works of Stevenson by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Its circumvallations haunted you until you came to the next station.

From Stories in Light and Shadow by Harte, Bret

These singular circumvallations sometimes enclosed a hundred and fifty acres of ground.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von