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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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