enceinte
noun [ C ] architecture specialized uk/ˌɒ̃nˈsæ̃t/ us/ɑːnˈsent/
围廊，壁垒，外墙，城廓
a wall surrounding a castle, cathedral, or fortified city (= one that is protected by walls)
By midnight more than 75,000 soldiers were within the enceinte. 到午夜时分，城墙内聚集起来了75,000多名士兵。
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- There were often areas of development which could not be accommodated within the enceinte.
- They had reached the southern part of the Bois de Boulogne, within less than 800 yards of the Paris enceinte.
- The moment of giving up the defence of the southwestern enceinte could not be far off.
- For a time, at the middle of the afternoon, the enceinte was absolutely without a guard.