tenaille
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of tenaille
C16: from French, literally: tongs, from Late Latin tenācula, pl of tenaculum
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These works show various applications of the tenaille system.
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
N. Platforms, of a tenaille form, for our cannon.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
He took the view that the bastions with their ravelins constituted practically a tenaille trace, spoilt by the detachment of the ravelins and cramped by the presence of the curtains and flanks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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
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