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

Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..

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

Obsession :: Obsession (n.) The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.

Fall :: Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol..

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..

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

Circumvallation :: 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..

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

Leaguerer :: Leaguerer (n.) A besieger.

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

Snail :: Snail (n.) A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo..

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

Obsess :: Obsess (v. t.) To besiege; to beset.

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

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..

Besiegement :: Besiegement (n.) The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged..

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..

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