'Redoubt' definitions:
Definition of 'redoubt'
(from WordNet)
noun
(military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
noun
An entrenched stronghold or refuge
Definition of 'Redoubt'
From: GCIDE
- Redoubt \Re*doubt"\ (r?*dout"), n. [F. redoute, fem., It. ridotto, LL. reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. r['e]duit, also fr. LL. reductus. See Reduce, and cf. Reduct, R['e]duit, Ridotto.] (Fort.) (a) 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. (b) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin. [Written also redout.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Redoubt'
From: GCIDE
- Redoubt \Re*doubt"\, v. t. [F. redouter, formerly also spelt redoubter; fr. L. pref. re- re- + dubitare to doubt, in LL., to fear. See Doubt.] To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'redoubt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- balistraria,
- bank,
- banquette,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barricade,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battlement,
- breastwork,
- bulwark,
- casemate,
- cheval-de-frise,
- circumvallation,
- citadel,
- contravallation,
- counterscarp,
- curtain,
- demibastion,
- dike,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- fastness,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- fortress,
- glacis,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- mantelet,
- merlon,
- mound,
- outwork,
- palisade,
- parados,
- parapet,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- sally port,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- stockade,
- stronghold,
- tenaille,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- work