LINES OF See also:

• LINES OF CIRCUMVALLATION (from Lat. circum, round, and vallum, a rampart)

CIRCUMVALLATION (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. circum, See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round, and vallum, a rampart)  , in fortification, a continuous circle of entrenchments surrounding a besieged See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . " Lines of Contravallation " were similar See also:

• WORKS

works by which the besieger protected himself against the attack of a relieving See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army from any See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter . These continuous lines of See also:

• CIRCUMVALLATION, LINES OF (from Lat. circum, round, and vallum, a rampart)

circumvallation and contravallation were used only in the days of small armies and small fortresses, and both terms are now obsolete .