redoubt

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redoubt.
1. Inner last retreat in a fortification.

2. Fieldwork or outwork enclosed on all sides, of square or polygonal shape, set beyond the glacis, known as a detached redoubt.

3. Small work projecting from or within a bastion or ravelin.

4. Public assembly-hall, especially in Germany (e.g. Redoutensaal, Vienna).

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL

redoubt

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re·doubt / riˈdout/ • n. Mil. a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defenses. ∎ an entrenched stronghold or refuge.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

redoubt

views updated May 18 2018

redoubt †small work within a fortification; square or polygonal outwork or field-work. XVII. — F. redoute, †ridotte — It. †ridotta, now ridotto — medL. reductus refuge, retreat, f. pp. stem of redūcere draw off, withdraw (see REDUCE). The b is due to assoc. with next.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

Redoubt

views updated May 21 2018

Redoubt

REDOUBT. A relatively small, independent outwork, completely enclosed. Fortresses are surrounded by redoubts covering the main avenues of enemy approach.

Encyclopedia of the American Revolution: Library of Military History