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views updated May 18 2018fort / fôrt/ •
n. a fortified building or strategic position. ∎ a permanent army post. ∎ hist. a trading post.PHRASES: hold the fortsee hold1 .
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
fort
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views updated May 29 2018fort. 1. Fortified camp or base for an army.
2. Folly or
fabrique like a sham castle in a garden.
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL
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views updated May 23 2018fort XV. — (O)F.
fort or It.
forte, sb. uses of
fort,
forte strong :- L.
fortis.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
