περιτείχισις

εως, ἡ
A. walling round so as to blockade, circumvallation, Th. 2.77, 4.131; but also for defence, π. τοῦ ἄστεος Themist. Ep. 4.3.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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