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Fortresses :: Fortresses (pl. ) of Fortres.

Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy..

Fastness :: Fastness (a.) A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains..

Fortress :: Fortress (v. t.) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..

Bombardment :: Bombardment (n.) An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place..

Orillon :: Orillon (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses..

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

Force :: Force (n.) To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress..

Evacuation :: Evacuation (n.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc..

Cede :: Cede (v. t.) To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty..

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..

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

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

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

Alcayde :: Alcayde (n.) A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors..

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

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..

Intenable :: Intenable (a.) Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress..

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

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