Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Circumvallate

Circumvallate , transitive verb

[Latin circumvallatus, past participle of circumvallare to surround with a wall; circum + vallare to wall, from vallum rampart.]

To surround with a rampart or wall. — Johnson

Circumvallate , adjective

1.
Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
2.
(Anatomy) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papilla, near the base of the tongue.