tenaille

== English == === Etymology === From French tenaille (“a pair of pincers or tongs”), from Latin tenaculum. See tenaculum and tenaillon. === Noun === tenaille (plural tenailles) (military, historical) An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. ==== Declension ==== === References === “tenaille”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin tenacula, taken as a feminine singular of Latin tenaculum, from teneō. Compare Occitan and Portuguese tenalha. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tə.naj/ Homophones: tenaillent, tenailles, Thenaille, Thenailles === Noun === tenaille f (plural tenailles) pincer (tool) === Verb === tenaille inflection of tenailler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “tenaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === entaille, entaillé