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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A small, often temporary defensive fortification.
  2. n. A reinforcing earthwork or breastwork within a permanent rampart.
  3. n. A protected place of refuge or defense.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To fear; dread.
  2. To venerate; honor.
  3. n. See redout.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small, temporary, military fortification.
  2. n. A reinforced refuge; a fort.
  3. n. A place of safety or refuge.
  4. v. archaic To dread.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. 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.
  2. n. In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of ravelin.
  3. v. rare To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an entrenched stronghold or refuge
  2. n. (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses

Etymologies

  1. From French redoute, from Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus ("refuge"), from Latin reduco ("I withdraw"). The b was added by influence of the unrelated English word doubt (which ultimately derives from Latin dubito). (Wiktionary)
  2. French redoute, from Italian ridotto, from Medieval Latin reductus, concealed place, from Latin, past participle of redūcere, to withdraw, lead back; see reduce. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • seanahan A fortification, often temporary. Aug 13, 2007

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