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countervallation

countervallation is the archaic form of contravallation.

Meaning of contravallation

Noun

contravallation (plural contravallations)

  1. A fortification built around a sieged target by the besiegers.
    Antonyms:
    circumvallation

Forms of countervallation

pluralcountervallations

Questions about countervallation

What is countervallation the archaic form of?
Countervallation is the archaic form of contravallation.

Words near countervallation in the dictionary

  1. countervailing duty
  2. countervailingly
  3. countervails
  4. countervair
  5. countervairy
  6. countervallation
  7. countervallations
  8. countervalue
  9. countervalued
  10. countervalues
  11. countervaluing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countervallation (page history and authors); contravallation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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