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tenaille
tenaille definition
te·naille or tenail te·nail′ (te nāl′)
noun
an outwork before the curtain between two bastions
Etymology: Fr tenaille, lit., pincers, tongs < VL *tenacula, for LL tenaculum: see tenaculum
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