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The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.

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  1. n. The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.
  2. n. A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
  3. (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
  4. n. The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. n. A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.