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tenaille

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From French tenaille (“a pair of pincers or tongs”), from its pincer-like shape, from Latin tenāculum. See tenaculum and tenaillon.

noun tenailles

historical An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.

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@misc{tenaille_2026,
  title = {tenaille},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tenaille},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}