vallum
Definitions
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- noun A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun In anatomy, the supercilium or eyebrow.
Examples
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The mounds and vallum were sort of to indicate the military zone, a sort of 'no-go' area for civilians.
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The first and second vallum can be traced with their ditches, and there was doubtless an inner wall.
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Tregonning Hill, close by, is somewhat higher, and its summit has a fine entrenchment with a striking inner vallum.
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From the edge of its commanding vallum Cromwell took the observations for his successful assault on Basing House.
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
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At present the most interesting part of the great mound is the actual fosse and vallum.
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter
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With the terror of a barbarian inroad ever before their eyes, the cohorts of the Imperial City constructed a formidable vallum, or earthen wall, from the vicinity of Linz to Regensburg, on the Danube, a distance of three hundred and fifty miles, for the purpose of raising a barrier against the advance of the warlike men of the North.
Note
The word 'vallum' comes from a Latin word meaning 'stake' or 'palisade'.
