Fort \Fort\, n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to
Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. Forte,
Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.] (Mil.)
A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified
place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch,
rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other
means of defense; a fortification.
[1913 Webster]
Detached works, depending solely on their own strength,
belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fort
n 1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: garrison]
2: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress]
v 1: gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
[syn: fort up]
2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify]
3: station (troops) in a fort
WordNet (r) 2.0
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "fort":
acropolis, bastion, beachhead, blockhouse, bridgehead, bunker,
castle, citadel, donjon, fasthold, fastness, fortress, garrison,
garrison house, hold, keep, martello, martello tower, mote, motte,
peel, peel tower, pillbox, post, rath, redoubt, safehold,
strong point, stronghold, tower, tower of strength, ward
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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