Te-nāille', n.

noun

n. [Fr. tenaille, a pair of pincers or tongs, a tenaille, from Lat. tenaculum, pl. tenacula; Pr. tenalha, It. tanaglia. See TENACULUM.] (Fort.) (a.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. (b.) An inverted redan.