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ENCEINTE ( See also: term used technically in fortification for the inner ring of fortifications surrounding a See also: town
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Strictly the term was applied to the continuous See also: line of bastions and curtains forming the " See also: body of the place," this last expression being often used as synonymous with enceinte
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The outworks, however, close to the enceinte were not considered as forming See also: part of it
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In See also: modern fortification the enceinte is usually simply the innermost continuous line of fortifications
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In architecture generally an enceinte is the close or See also: precinct of a See also: cathedral, abbey, See also: castle, &c
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