Meaning of circumvallate in English
Verb
circumvallateEtymology
mid 17th century (as an adjective): from Latin circumvallat-‘surrounded with a rampart’, from the verb circumvallare, from circum‘around’ + vallare, from vallum‘rampart’. The verb dates from the early 19th centuryDefinitions
1. surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification