redoubt

¹

[ ri-dout ]

noun

1. Fortification.
   1. an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
   2. an independent earthwork built within a permanent fortification to reinforce it.
2. any safe and secure place or situation; refuge; stronghold:

   Lebanon has represented one of the last redoubts of Christianity in the Middle East.

Redoubt

²

[ ri-dout, ree-dout ]

noun

1. Mount, an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 feet (3,108 meters).

redoubt

/ rɪˈdaʊt /

noun

1. an outwork or detached fieldwork defending a pass, hilltop, etc
2. a temporary defence work built inside a fortification as a last defensive position

Word History and Origins

Origin of redoubt¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from French redoute, from Italian ridotto, from Late Latin reductus “a refuge,” noun use of past participle of Latin redūcere “to lead back”; reduce

Word History and Origins

Origin of redoubt¹

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

Related Words

• barrier
• citadel
• garrison
• rampart