circumvallate

• Устаревший глагол, означающий окружать валом или укреплением, или опоясывать.

An obsolete verb meaning to surround with a rampart or fortification, or to encircle.

1. Surround with fortificationsC2formal

   To surround with or as if with a rampart or other defensive wall.

   Окружить укреплениями

   • The army circumvallated the city to prevent supplies from entering.
   • Ancient tribes often circumvallated their settlements for protection.
   • The castle was circumvallated by a high stone wall and a deep moat.

   Синонимыencircleencloseencompassgirdleringsurround