tenaille
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of tenaille
C16: from French, literally: tongs, from Late Latin tenācula, pl of tenaculum
Example Sentences
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His tenaille system consisted of redans, with salient angles of 60� or more, flanking each other at right angles; from which he gave to his system the name of “perpendicular fortification.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
De Groote, who wrote in 1618, produced a sort of tenaille system, and may have been the inspiration of Rimpler.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
If the double tenaille is 687 reduced as at G, it is called a bonnet de pr�tre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Montalembert was one of the first to foresee the coming necessity for detached forts, and it was for these that he chiefly proposed to use his caponier flanking, preferring the tenaille system for large places.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
For a dry and level site he recommended a bastioned trace; but for wet ditches and for irregular ground, tenaille traces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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