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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fortification, a small intrenchment or work formed hastily of palisades or sacks of earth, for the defense of a post, or of works part of which have been captured.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fort.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth.
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