fortalice

American  

[fawr-tl-is] / ˈfɔr tl ɪs /

noun

1. a small fort; an outwork.

2. Archaic. a fortress.

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fortalice British  

/ ˈfɔːtəlɪs /

noun

1. a small fort or outwork of a fortification

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Etymology

Origin of fortalice

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin fortalitia, fortalitium, derivative of Latin fortis strong. See fortress

Example Sentences

Rollo looked past the crumbling grey turrets of the little fortalice and over the juniper-and-thyme covered foot-hills to the red peaks of the Sierra.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Upon the larger of the Cairnburgs we saw, upon our right, as we approached its shore, a ruined fortalice, used as a place of refuge by the warlike and turbulent McLeans of Duart.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

The first-named cast anchor at La Mine, where Prunaut built a chapel, a castle, a fortalice, and a square house, on a hill called the "Land of the Prunauts."

From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Zurara, Gomes Eannes de

"There are still women here in the fortalice, and that noble who reared me," said Azya.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Huntly Castle, half a mile to the north, now in ruins, was once a fortalice of the Comyns.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various