Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenaillon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tenail-lon
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A work constructed on each side of the ravelins to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.

Etymology

From French tenaillon. See tenaille.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: tenaillon

Inflected Forms

tenaillons (plural)

Questions

What does tenaillon mean?: A work constructed on each side of the ravelins to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.
Where does tenaillon come from?: It is traced to French.

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