Enceinte (Lat. in, within, cinctus, girdled; to be distinguished from the word meaning pregnant, from in, not, and cinctus, i.e. with girdle loosened), is a French term used technically in fortification for the inner ring of fortifications surrounding a town. Strictly, the term was applied to the continuous line of bastions and curtains forming the body of the place, this last expression being often used as synonymous with enceinte. The outworks, however, close to the enceinte were not considered as forming part of it. In modern fortification, the enceinte is usually simply the innermost continuous line of fortifications. In architecture, generally, an enceinte is the close or precinct of a cathedral, abbey, castle, etc. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Nakhal Fort, one of the best-preserved forts in Oman. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. ... The point of a bastion on a reconstructed French fort in Illinois. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Roman Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ... An abbey (from the Latin abbatia, which is derived from the Syriac abba, father), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community. ... The main gatehouse of Harlech Castle, Wales. ...

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