Meaning

3 senses

  1. An enclosure.

  2. The line of works forming the main enclosure of a fortress.

  3. The area or town enclosed by a line of fortification.

    S. W. Williams The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.

Origin

Borrowed from French enceinte.

Borrowed from French enceinte.

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Forms

plural: enceintes
Singularenceinte
Pluralenceintes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
enamorencampencampmentencapsulateenchantenchanted
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