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- Besieging - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Besiege
- Besieging - a. - That besieges; laying siege to.
- Parallel - n. - One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- Circumvallation - n. - A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
- Investment - n. - The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
- Leaguer - n. - The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.
- Lodgment - v. - The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.