Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EN-CEINT'
EN-CEINT', n. [änsaint'; Fr. from enceindre; en and ceindre, L. cingo, to gird.]
In fortification, inclosure; the wall or rampart which surrounds a place, sometimes composed of bastions and curtains. It is sometimes only flanked by round or square towers, which is called a Roman wall. Encyc.
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