meaning of redoubt
1. A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.
2. In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin.
3. To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
4. a forbidding stronghold
Related Words
redoubt | redoubtable | redoubted | redoubting |
