Tenaille

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tenaille \Te*naille"\, n. [F., a pair of pincers or tongs, a
     tenaille, fr. L. tenaculum. See {Tenaculum}.] (Fort.)
     An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain,
     between two bastions. See Illust. of {Ravelin}.
     [1913 Webster]