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In an advanced stage of pregnancy
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enceinte
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enceinte \En`ceinte"\, n. [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See Cincture .] (Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place . The area ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pregnant, with child," c.1600, insente , from French enceinte "pregnant" (12c.), from Late Latin incincta (source of Italian incinta ), explained by Isidore of Seville (7c.) as "ungirt," from Latin in- , privative prefix (see in- (1)), + cincta , fem. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p) , expectant , gravid , great(p) , large(p) , heavy(p) , with child(p) ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context archaic English) pregnant. n. 1 An enclosure. 2 The line of works forming the main enclosure of a fortress. 3 The area or town enclosed by a line of fortification.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Enceinte (from Latin incinctus: girdled, surrounded), is a French term denoting the "main defensive enclosure of a fortification". For a castle this is the main defensive line of wall towers and curtain walls enclosing the position. For a settlement it ...
Usage examples of enceinte.
The exposed foundations of the eastern and western walls, where the torrent has washed away the northern enceinte, show that, after the fashion of ancient Egypt, sandstone slabs have been laid underground, the calcaire being reserved for the hypaethral part.
He was forced into marriage while still a minor by the brothers of Ann Hathaway, who was several years his senior, and had debauched him and gave out that she was enceinte by him.
The ditch water, fed by a rivulet from the millstream, seemed shallow enough, but it would still be a cloying obstacle to men trying to assault the gaunt, rough-faced wall of the fort's enceinte.
The ditch water, fed by a rivulet from the millstream, seemed shallow enough, but it would still be a cloying obstacle to men trying to assault the gaunt, rough-faced wall of the forts enceinte.