Definition of redoubts Redoubts

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Wiktionary

redoubts (Noun)
Plural of redoubt.

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redoubts, noun, plural of redoubt.

WordNet

Noun Plural: redoubts
redoubt - (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
		fortification, munition the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)
redoubt - an entrenched stronghold or refuge

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Wiktionary

redoubt (Noun)
A small, temporary, military fortification.
redoubt (Noun)
A reinforced refuge; a fort.
redoubt (Noun)
A place of safety or refuge.
redoubt (Verb)
To dread.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

redoubt (n.)
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.
redoubt (n.)
In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin.
redoubt (v. t.)
To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

redoubt
Redout, rē-dowt′, n. (fort.) a field-work enclosed on all sides, its ditch not flanked from the parapet: a central or retired work within any other works, intended to afford the garrison a last retreat—also Reduit′.—adj. (her.) bent in many angles. [Fr. redoute, réduit, a redoubt—It. ridotto—L. reducĕre, reductum—to bring back.]
redoubt
rē-dowt′, v.t. (arch.) to fear.—adjs. Redoubt′able, valiant; Redoubt′ed (Spens.).—n. Redoubt′ing. [O. Fr. redouter, to fear greatly—L. re-, back, dubitāre, to doubt.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

redoubt
An inclosed work, differing from a fort, in that its parts do not flank one another.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

redoubt
Is a small fort of varying shape, constructed for a temporary purpose, and usually without flanking defenses. The term is vague in its acceptation, being applied equally to detached posts and to a strong position within another fortress. Redoubts are made square, pentagonal, and even circular. Each redoubt has parapet, ditch, scarps, banquette, etc., as in regular fortification; but it is commonly rather roughly constructed, haste and unprofessional labor precluding mathematical accuracy. The entrance may be by a cutting through the parapet, the cutting being covered within by a traverse, or, preferably, by an excavated gallery leading into the ditch, and thence by a ramp through the counterscarp. For the sake of flanking the ditch, and preventing an assaulting party from forming in it, caponnières of timber, loop-holed, are sometimes formed; or, if the soil be stiff or chalky, a gallery may be cut behind the counterscarp, and loop-holed towards the ditch. In some modern redoubts, the line of each side is broken to afford flanking defense. Redoubts have the weak feature of not defending their own ditches, and of being approached at their salient angles with comparative impunity. They are therefore not adapted to a protracted defense, but as temporary field-works, or in war of posts, they are often of incalculable importance. Troops whose stability in open field is doubtful are especially strengthened by redoubts in their line. Redoubts are particularly useful in fortifying the tops of hills, or commanding passes, or where the object is to occupy a hostile territory, or to feel the way gradually through a wooded country.