enceinte

ADJECTIVE
  1. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    was big with child
    was great with child
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How To Use enceinte In A Sentence

  • The enceinte is the normal Arab "snake-fence" of dry and barked branches, which imperfectly defends the nurseries of young trees and the plots of Khubbayzah ( "edible mallows") from the adjoining camping-place of bald yellow clay. The Land of Midian — Volume 2
  • They had to say it in Spanish, enceinte, you know. 'The Uncensored Story' Of The Smothers Brothers
  • Some very strongly fortified castles of this class have an additional wall set a short distance out from the main enceinte and concentric with it, the area between the two walls being termed the outer ward.
  • Similarly, a woman who was inspecting was, in the past, often described as enceinte (directly from French) instead of "pregnant" (curiously, also of French origin). Another Scottish show that's hard to understand
  • Some very strongly fortified castles of this class have an additional wall set a short distance out from the main enceinte and concentric with it.
  • There are circles all around its walls and enceintes.
  • Some very strongly fortified castles of this class have an additional wall set a short distance out from the main enceinte and concentric with it, the area between the two walls being termed the outer ward.
  • 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. The Land of Midian
  • Various French terms, enceinte and accouchement among them, were imported to conceal the fact that careless wives occasionally became pregnant and had lyings-in. Chapter 4. American and English Today. 5. Expletives and Forbidden Words
  • While "les baffles" is an informal term, accoustic speakers are originally known as "les enceintes". French Word-A-Day:
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