Definitions
Etymologies
- French, a pair of pincers or tongs, a tenaille, from Latin tenaculum. See tenaculum. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I have thought of a tenaille -- of a flat bastion.”
“_Caponniers_ are works constructed to cover the passage of the ditch from the tenaille to the gorge of the demi-lune, and also from the demi-lune to the covered way, by which communication may be maintained between the enceinte and outworks.”
“In fact governor Stuyvesant, like the celebrated Montalembert, held bastions in absolute contempt; yet did he not like him substitute a tenaille angulaire des polygons à ailerons.”
“Other fortifications in Valletta that will be recuperated and made accessible to the public as part of the project are - St Andrew's tenaille and ditch, the piazza basse and sally-ports in St Michael, St John's and St James 'bastions, and the two piazza basse in St Andrew's bastion.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tenaille’.
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
tabacosis, tabanid, tabaret, tabati?re, tabby, tabefaction, tabellary, tabellion, tabernacle, tabernacular, tabescent, tabific and 930 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, T
torquate, thalassocracy, toothsome, travois, tempestuous, tone, tincture, tripwire, tether, trill, tenacious, travesty and 355 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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Historical Military Terms of Interest
Many (if not all) of these terms were selected from A pocket dictionary, for military officers, containing a definition of all the tactical terms now in use, with other matter belonging to the art ...
zig-zags, yeoman, xerxes, xeiff, xenophon, worm, watch-word, windage, wheeling, wad-hock, wadding, volley and 242 more...
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Fortification
bastion, ravelin, demilune, scarp, counterscarp, covert way, salient, hornwork, crownwork, citadel, merlon, embrasure and 15 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear And, four years later, I found this nifty list that I may someday cross-check with this other list: link. Jul 20, 2012
chained_bear "TENAILLE, fr. literally shears, a military ... illegible." (citation in list description)
OED says: "A small low work, consisting of one or two re-entering angles (single or double tenaille), placed before the curtain between two bastions. tenaille of the place, the face of a fortress."
Answers.com says: An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.
Also a type of surgical instrument. Oct 9, 2008