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.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
redoubt
n : a forbidding stronghold [syn: sconce]
WordNet (r) 2.0
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "redoubt":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
alpine national redoubt, alpine redoubt, crookhorn redoubt, farlington redoubt, german national redoubt, harwich redoubt, littlehampton redoubt, mount redoubt, ak, mount redoubt, alaska, national redoubt, railroad redoubt, sconce, shoreham redoubt
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