What does circumvallation mean?
The act of surrounding or enclosing something, especially a place or a city, with a wall or other defensive structure. A literary or rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
Example
"The ancient city was surrounded by a high wall, a classic example of circumvallation."
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