Circumvallate

[,sә:kәm'væleit]

(verb.) surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification.

Editor: Michel--From WordNet

(v. t.) To surround with a rampart or wall.

(a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.

(a.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue.

Typist: Oliver

v.t. to surround with a rampart.—n. Circumvallā′tion a surrounding with a wall: a wall or fortification surrounding a town or fort.

Checker: Velma