Enceinte

n.	1.	(Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; - called also body of the place.
	2.	The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. - S. W. Williams.
a.	1.	Pregnant; with child.

Adj.

1.

enceinte - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" Synonyms: gravid, with child, expectant, large, great, big, heavy

ENCEINTE, med. jur. A French word, which signifies pregnant.
     2. When a woman is pregnant, and is convicted of a capital crime, she cannot lawfully be punished till after her delivery.
     3. in the English law, where a widow is suspected to feign herself with child, in order to produce a supposititious heir to the estate, the presumptive heir may have a writ de ventre inspiciendo, to examine whether she be with child or not. Cro. Eliz. 566; 4 Bro. C. C. 90. As to the signs of pregnancy, see 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 157. See, generally, 4 Bl. Com. 894; 2 P. Wms. 591; 1 Cox, C. C. 297 and Pregnancy; Privement enceinte.

big, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, pregnant, with child