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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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