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forcement2 (1267)

[ FEW: *3,726a fortia; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  forcement n.; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

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1strength, volume
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Par la vertu del sun serra De busine, ke redundra Par si grant vertu e forcement Ke tuz releverunt du monument  11719
2(of a place) strengthening, reinforcement against attack
( 1303 )  facez mettre en mesme le chastel xxx. ou xl. hommes d’armes bons et suffisaunz de voz gentz demeyne a voz propres coustages pur le forcement de mesme le chastel  iv 507
aforcement  fortification 
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