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Tower :: Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..

Citadel :: Citadel (n.) A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense..

Capitulate :: Capitulate (v. t.) To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions..

Enceinte :: Enceinte (n.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.

Afforcement :: Afforcement (n.) A fortress; a fortification for defense.

Inaccessible :: Inaccessible (a.) Not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc..

Indefensible :: Indefensible () Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc..

Render :: Render (v. t.) To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure..

Palanka :: Palanka (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses..

Defile :: Defile (n.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade..

Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..

Impregnable :: Impregnable (a.) Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue..

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..

Comfortress :: Comfortress (n.) A woman who comforts.

Maiden :: Maiden (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated..

Keep :: Keep (n.) That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the donjon. See Illust. of Castle..

Propugnacle :: Propugnacle (n.) A fortress.

Fall :: Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol..

Taborite :: Taborite (n.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles..

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