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The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

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  1. n. The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.
  2. n. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.
  3. a. Pregnant; with child.
  4. adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
  5. 1. (Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place. 2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. S. W. Williams. Pregnant; with child.
  6. The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortressor place; -- called also body of the place.
  7. s in an advanced stage of pregnancy