vallation

English

Etymology

From Latin vallatio, from vallare (“to surround with a rampart”), from vallum (“rampart”). See wall.

Noun

vallation (plural vallations)

1. (archaic) A rampart or entrenchment.

References

• “vallation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.