vallo

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  the wooden fence built at the top of a rampart
 * 2)  rampart, bulwark
 * 3)  fortification
 * 4)  bastion, defense
 * 1)  bastion, defense

Etymology 2
Gender shift from, from.

Etymology 3
, diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1)  sieve

Etymology
From the noun

Verb

 * 1) to surround, wall or fortify with a rampart or palisade

Usage notes

 * The nature of the root vowel (i.e. whether it is văllō or vāllō) is not properly known. Most dictionaries that specify vowel length in closed syllables, especially those published in the 21st century, do not mark it as long.