Tag: Noun Redoubt

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Word of the Day – Redoubt

  • Noun:  Redoubt
    1. a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defenses.
    2. a defended position :  protective barrier
    3. a secure retreat
  •  Synonyms:
    1. bastion
    2. barrier
    3. defense
    4. stronghold
  • Usage:
    1. “The battery, which, if completed, would have been almost a redoubt, was ranged behind a very low garden wall, backed up with a coating of bags of sand and a large slope of earth. This work was not finished; there had been no time to make a palisade for it. “
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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