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Definition of TENAILLE

Tenaille
Tenaille Te*naille", n. [F., a pair of pincers or tongs, a tenaille, fr. L. tenaculum. See Tenaculum.] (Fort.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.

Meaning of TENAILLE from wikipedia

- A tenaille (archaic tenalia) is an advanced defensive-work, in front of the main defences of a fortress, which takes its name from resemblance to the lip...
- bastioned land front and its outworks, an enceinte facing the sea, and a tenaille trace facing Rinella Bay of the Grand Harbour. The land front consists...
- re-entering angle at the point. It was sometimes also called bastion with a tenaille. Such bastions were used, when without such a structure, the angle would...
- Théodore Tenaille-Saligny (22 February 1830 – 24 March 1889) was a French lawyer, civil servant and politician. He came from a prosperous family, was a...
- Achille Tenaille de Vaulabelle (28 October 1799 – 27 March 1879) was a French journalist and politician. The family of Tenaille de Vaulabelle originated...
- Éléonore Tenaille de Vaulabelle (12 Oct. 1801 – 12 October 1859 ) was a French writer and playwright. He published his novels under the pseudonym Ernest...
- walkways (since disappeared). Guitaut, the French royal governor, also had a "tenaille" built, a low bastion placed in front of the entrance gates to the fort...
- the most complex fortification in the Western Hemisphere. It included a tenaille and crownwork, a complex outer work on the southern (landward) side, designed...
- Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013. Tenaille (2002), p. 48 Labourdette and Auzias (2011), p. 142 "Ecole d'accordéon:...
- minimize the power of the attack, are abandoned in favour of a simple tenaille plan so arranged that the defenders can bring an overwhelming fire to bear...