redoubt

[ ri-dout ]

/ rɪˈdaʊt /

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noun Fortification.

an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.

an independent earthwork built within a permanent fortification to reinforce it.

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Origin of redoubt

1600–10; < French redoute < Italian ridotto < Late Latin reductus a refuge, noun use of past participle of Latin redūcere to lead back; see reduce

Redoubt

[ ri-dout, ree-dout ]

/ rɪˈdaʊt, ˈri daʊt /

noun

Mount, an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 feet (3108 meters).

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As a Pittsburgh Steelers safety in the good-timing, pill-popping NFL of the 1970s, he was a redoubt of propriety.
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Each Frenchman seized his musket and fled to a hole nearby, called "the redoubt."
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We followed slowly, and in twenty minutes we saw the outposts of the Russians falling back and entering the redoubt.
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This, was, I suppose, in anticipation of the enemy getting possession of the redoubt to the right and raking the line.
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Leaving two companies in charge of the redoubt, Wolfe hastened forward with the rest toward Quebec.
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British Dictionary definitions for redoubt

redoubt

/ (rɪˈdaʊt) /

noun

an outwork or detached fieldwork defending a pass, hilltop, etc

a temporary defence work built inside a fortification as a last defensive position

Word Origin for redoubt

C17: via French from obsolete Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus shelter, from Latin redūcere to withdraw, from re- + dūcere to lead

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Word Origin and History for redoubt

redoubt

also redout, "small, enclosed military work," c.1600, from French redoute (17c.), from Italian ridotto, earlier ridotta, "place of retreat," from Medieval Latin reductus "place of refuge, retreat," noun use of past participle of reducere "to lead or bring back" (see reduce). The -b- was added by influence of unrelated English redoubt (v.) "to dread, fear" (see redoubtable). As an adjective, Latin reductus meant "withdrawn, retired; remote, distant."

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noun Fortification.

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