Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small, often temporary defensive fortification.
- n. A reinforcing earthwork or breastwork within a permanent rampart.
- n. A protected place of refuge or defense.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- n. A small, temporary, military fortification.
- n. A reinforced refuge; a fort.
- n. A place of safety or refuge.
- v. To dread.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.
- n. In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See
F andi inIllust. of ravelin. - v. To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an entrenched stronghold or refuge
- n. (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
Etymologies
- French redoute, from Italian ridotto, from Medieval Latin reductus, concealed place, from Latin, past participle of redūcere, to withdraw, lead back; see reduce.
Examples
“Its last redoubt is National Public Radio, which by firing Juan Williams has made itself look more like the Radio Moscow of a half century ago than the CBS.”
“Only half-joking, he dubbed his redoubt “Castle Defiance.””
“General Izard named the principal work _Fort Moreau_, and to remind the troops of the actions of their brave countrymen, I called the redoubt on the right _Fort Brown_, and that on the left _Fort Scott_.”
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
“Passing further to the north, another redoubt is met, mounting four guns; this commands a portion of the railroad.”
“What Jesus really meant to say was build a mountain redoubt.”
“The unsettled zone, which Malian authorities acknowledge they do not control, has been identified as a redoubt of Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, also known as Abid Hammadou, who heads the local al-Qaeda squad that acknowledged capturing the French mining technicians.”
The Washington Post: France on high alert as officials warn of possible terrorist attacks
“All the troops at work at daylight finishing the redoubt, which is named Fort Wellington.”
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
“On its left is a strong redoubt, which is armed with Spanish artillery; on the right is another very strong battery, on a rise close to Talavera; while other batteries sweep the road to Madrid.”
“Still, there was an iron core to her that Bek did not misjudge, a kind of redoubt beneath the cheerful facade that he suspected he did not want to come up against.”
Ilse Witch
“Its roofs were concealed by the upper edge of the walls, a kind of redoubt over which fire-locks and catapults had frequently peered.”
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seanahan A fortification, often temporary. Aug 13, 2007