Fortif. [F. tenaillon in same sense, f. tenaille (see prec.).] A work sometimes placed before each of the faces of a ravelin, leaving the salient angle exposed.
1842. Brande, Dict. Sc., etc., Tenaillon.… Seldom adopted.
1845. Stocqueler, Handbk. Brit. India (1854), 287. On the north side where Lally attacked, the bastion and demi-bastion are detached and the works near the sea covered by a tenaillon.
1859. F. A. Griffiths, Artill. Man. (1862), 262. Lunettes and Tenaillons are works (consisting of two faces) constructed on each side of ravelins.
