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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