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   en·ceinte

   /änˈsant/

   noun

   • 1. an enclosure or the enclosing wall of a fortified place. archaic

   Word Origin early 18th century: from French, from Latin incincta, feminine past participle of incingere ‘gird in’, from in- ‘in’ + cingere ‘to gird’.

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