vallum
Britishnoun
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Earthworks and camps still guard the British ancient roads and trackways, and you still admire their triple vallum and their cleverly protected entrance.
From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
"Alcluith" is the "Balclutha" of Ossian; balla signifying a wall or bulwark, from the Latin vallum, a wall.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull
But William feigned a retreat, and the English crossed their vallum in pursuit.
From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
"You know me very well, good doctor," quoth I, and advanced to his bedside, which was fortified with an huge vallum of the Consolations.
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur F. Wallis
The meaning of the vallum is much more doubtful.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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