noun
- fortified walls or ramparts surrounding a castle, town, or other defensive structure
Usage: architecture; military history
Examples
- The medieval castle was protected by multiple enceintes.
- Archaeologists discovered the remains of ancient enceintes around the city.
- The outer enceintes provided the first line of defense against invaders.
- Restoration work began on the crumbling enceintes of the fortress.
- The town’s enceintes had been built in the 13th century.
- Engineers studied the construction techniques used in the old enceintes.