redoubt

noun

A small, often temporary defensive fortification.

noun

A reinforcing earthwork or breastwork within a permanent rampart.

noun

A protected place of refuge or defense.

To fear; dread.

To venerate; honor.

noun

See redout.

transitive verb

To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.

noun

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.

noun

In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of ravelin.

noun

A small, temporary, military fortification.