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Circumvallation

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Circumvallation 

a line of entrenchments or ramparts around a besieged fortress. Circumvallation was used until the 19th century by the besieging forces to repulse an attack from enemy forces coming to help the besieged.
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But when once they passed the line of circumvallation and found themselves in the open plain, D'Artagnan, who was completely ignorant of what was going forward, thought it was time to demand an explanation.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The Saxon architect had exhausted his art in rendering the main keep defensible, and there was no other circumvallation than a rude barrier of palisades.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
 
 
 
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