Definition of fortification

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Fortification (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle..

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Munition :: Munition (n.) Fortification; stronghold.
Critically :: Critically (adv.) At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated..
Armament :: Armament (n.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification..
Fortification :: Fortification (n.) The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.
Battlement :: Battlement (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
Defilement :: Defilement (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes..
Ward :: Ward (n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc..
Boulevard :: Boulevard (n.) A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.
Base :: Base (n.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc..
Fortalice :: Fortalice (n.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also fortelace.
Murdress :: Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.
Tower :: Tower (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher..
Gabionage :: Gabionage (n.) The part of a fortification built of gabions.
Sapper :: Sapper (n.) One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses..
Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth..
Contour :: Contour (n.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification..
Donjon :: Donjon (n.) The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle..
Barbette :: Barbette (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet..
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