enceinte

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Its remains include an identifying tell mound, at the northern end of the site, a polygonal inner wall circuit, and a large outer defensive wall, or enceinte.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

And when Annette Bening appeared at the Academy Awards in 2000, gloriously enceinte in a dark gown, it sparked “a revolution,” Ms. Fuller said.

From New York Times • May 15, 2013

Among the living was his enceinte fian cee, Ir�ne Jodart.

From Time Magazine Archive

Middle-class women no longer got pregnant, for example; they became enceinte, or were "in an interesting condition."

From Time Magazine Archive

The body of the building was massive and bare, united by strong ramparts forming an enceinte irregular with severe appearance.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede