circumvallate

verb /sɜːkəmˈvæleɪt/

1. To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.

   transitive

   The settlement is circumvallated by a stake-fence, so decayed that one may gain ingress at a dozen places.

Where it comes from

From Latin circumvallare, from circum- + vallum (“rampart”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry circumvallate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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