besiegement

The leap in Buds voice betrayed something of the strained tenseness with which the man had endured his besiegement.

It is not probable, however, that Pemberton would have permitted a close besiegement.

The citadel, finally scaled, would be the more inviting for the difficulty of the besiegement.

The fire of 1861 exceeded this in destructiveness, and to it were added the terrific effects of a four years' besiegement.