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Siege :: Siege (n.) Rank; grade; station; estimation.

Battering Train :: Battering train () A train of artillery for siege operations.

Parallel :: 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..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..

Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.

Siegework :: Siegework (n.) A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..

Besiege :: Besiege (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.

Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..

Siege :: Siege (n.) The floor of a glass-furnace.

Leaguer :: Leaguer (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer.

Battering-ram :: Battering-ram (n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..

Succor :: Succor (v. t.) To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city..

Besieger :: Besieger (n.) One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.

Besieged :: Besieged (imp. & p. p.) of Besieg.

Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys..

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