enceinte
1 Americanadjective
noun
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a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
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the place enclosed.
noun
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a boundary wall enclosing a defended area
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the area enclosed
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of enceinte1
1590–1600; < Middle French < Late Latin incincta, perhaps literally “ungirded,” equivalent to Latin in- in- 3 + cincta, feminine of cinctus, past participle of cingere to belt, gird, surround
Origin of enceinte2
1700–10; < French: enclosure, also girding fence or rampart < Latin incincta, noun use of feminine of incinctus girded in (past participle of incingere ), equivalent to in- in- 2 + cing- gird + -tus past participle suffix
Example Sentences
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Its remains include an identifying tell mound, at the northern end of the site, a polygonal inner wall circuit, and a large outer defensive wall, or enceinte.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024
And when Annette Bening appeared at the Academy Awards in 2000, gloriously enceinte in a dark gown, it sparked “a revolution,” Ms. Fuller said.
From New York Times • May 15, 2013
For the girls who are enceinte, that "sack" will be O.K., and the rest of us will just cinch in the side seams and add a swishy cummerbund.
From Time Magazine Archive
She did not, howevet, occupy it when her husband, Emperor Yoshihito, was enthroned in 1915 because she was enceinte.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its duty was the defence of the enceinte and the maintenance of quietude within the city.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
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