See Also: parablepsy(dictionary)

tenaillon (iou) and parablepsy (iou)


tenaillon (iou)



tenaillon noun. M19.
[French, from tenaille: see TENAILLE, -OON.]
Fortification. A work sometimes placed before each face of a ravelin, leaving the salient angle exposed.

parablepsy (iou)



parablepsy noun. . M19.
[Greek parablepsis, from parablepein look aside at, overlook, formed as PARA-1 + blepein see: see -Y3, -IA1.]
False vision; oversight.