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val⋅la⋅tion

  [va-ley-shuhn]
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–noun Fortification.
1. a rampart or entrenchment.
2. the process or technique of constructing ramparts.
Origin:
1655–65; < LL vallāt(us) (see vallate ) + -iōn- -ion
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val·la·tion   (vā-lā'shən)   
n.  

  1. An earthwork wall used for military defense; a rampart.

  2. The process of planning or erecting earth fortifications.


[Late Latin vallātiō, vallātiōn-, from Latin vallātus, past participle of vallāre, to surround with a rampart, from vallum, rampart, from vallus, stake.]
val'la·to'ry (vāl'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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