2 entries under this word

Enceinte

Enceinte, n.

noun

(ŏng-sānt'), n. [Fr., from enceindre, to gird about, to surround, Lat. incingere, from in, in, and cingere, to gird, Fr. ceindre.] (Fort.) The main inclosure; the wall or rampart which surrounds a place, sometimes composed of bastions and curtains;—called also body of the place.

Enceinte, a.

adjective

(ŏng-sānt'), a. [Fr., p. p. f. of enceindre; Pr. encencha, It. incinta, from Lat. incincta, incinctus, p. p. of incingere, to gird about. See supra.] (Law.) Pregnant; with child. Blackstone.