(pronounced rih-dowt) An enclosed field work - without redans - which had several sides and was used to protect a garrison from attacks from several directions.  While redoubts could be very useful, one key weakness was that each protruding angle was a salient.  This meant that the redoubt would be susceptible to enfilading fire.  A redoubt could a [..]

something that holds or defends a belief or a way of life, especially one that is disappearing or threatenedHe described British public schools as "the last redoubt of upper-class privilege" [..]

also redout, "small, enclosed military work," c. 1600, from French redoute (17c.), from Italian ridotto, earlier ridotta, "place of retreat," from Medieval Latin reductus "pla [..]

a small defensive earthwork fortification, sometimes temporary, and sometimes used to reinforce a permanent rampart

A small, often temporary defensive fortification.  

A fortification at some distance from the main castramentation; or a hastily-made and completely enclosed fortlet. Revetment:

(Cook Inlet (SW Alaska), Alaska & Aleutians) stratovolcano, 3108 m (10197 ft)

(n) (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses(n) an entrenched stronghold or refuge

A central tower within a fortification. An example is the visible remains of the 17th century Osbourne's Fort, Lindisfarne, Northumberland. This could be armed with cannons on the upper floors, ( [..]

A small, temporary, military fortification. A reinforced refuge; a fort. A place of safety or refuge. * '''2014,'''fro|redouter, fromla|dubitare|dubit?re|doubt prefixed with/???da?t/|lang=en */ [..]