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tenaille (iou)



tenaille noun. L16.
[Old & mod. French from Latin tenacula pl. of tenaculum: see TENACULUM.]
In pl. Pincers, forceps. L16-E18.
Fortification. A small low work, consisting of one or two re-entering angles, placed before the curtain between two bastions. L16.