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tenailles

tenailles is the plural of tenaille.

Meaning of tenaille

Noun

tenaille (plural tenailles)

  1. (historical) An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.

Questions about tenailles

What is tenailles the plural of?
Tenailles is the plural of tenaille.

Words near tenailles in the dictionary

  1. tenagophyte
  2. tenagophytes
  3. Tenaha
  4. tenail
  5. tenaille
  6. tenailles
  7. tenaillon
  8. tenaillons
  9. tenails
  10. tenaim
  11. Tenakhongva

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