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BESET |
Besieged |
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ASSALED |
Besieged |
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ASSAILED |
Besieged |
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BESIEGER |
One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged. |
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BESIEGEMENT |
The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. |
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COUPURE |
A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by
the besieged. |
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FALL |
The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall
of Sebastopol. |
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BATTERING-RAM |
An engine used in ancient times to beat down the
walls of besieged places. |
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OBSESSION |
The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a
person beset by a spirit from without. |
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QUARTER |
The encampment on one of the principal passages round a
place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys. |
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CONTRAVALLATION |
A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by
besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged. |
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SORTIE |
The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from
a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally. |
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COFFER |
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending
across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire. |
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SALLY |
A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden
eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to
attack the besiegers; a sortie. |
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SAP |
A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel
toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under
cover of gabions, etc. |
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SOW |
A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling
up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the
wall, or the like. |
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TRENCH |
An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of
covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term
includes the parallels and the approaches. |
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CIRCUMVALLATION |
A line of field works made around a besieged place
and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against
the attack of an enemy from without. |
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SUCCOR |
To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve
when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from
suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city. |
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PARALLEL |
One of a series of long trenches constructed before a
besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops
supporting the attacking... |
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RELIEVE |
...port, strengthen, or deliver;
as, to relieve a besieged town. ... |