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tenaille
te·naille [ tə náyl, tə n ] (plural te·nailles)


noun 
Definition:
 
part of fortification: a low outwork in front of the wall between two bastions in a fortification ditch
[Late 16th century. Via French< Latin tenacula "pincers, forceps"]
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