Enceinte (Lat. in, within, cinctus, girdled; to be distinguished from the word meaning pregnant, from in, not, and cinctus, for example with girdle loosened),'s a French term used technically in fortification for the inner ring of fortifications surrounding a town. Strictly, the term was applied to the continuous line of bastions and curtains forming the body of the place, this last expression being often used as synonymous with enceinte. However, the outworks or defensive wall close to the ence… (More on Enceinte)