v. nonce-wd. [ad. F. embastiller, f. en- in + bastille fort.] trans. To surround (a city) with forts, or as with forts.
1848. P. B. St. John, in Tait’s Mag., XV. 537/1. The embastilling Paris with camps, government by the sword.
v. nonce-wd. [ad. F. embastiller, f. en- in + bastille fort.] trans. To surround (a city) with forts, or as with forts.
1848. P. B. St. John, in Tait’s Mag., XV. 537/1. The embastilling Paris with camps, government by the sword.
