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Definition of fortress
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Fortress
(n.) A
fortified
place;
a large and
permanent
fortification,
sometimes
including
a town; a fort; a
castle;
a
stronghold;
a place of
defense
or
security..
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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..
Portcullis
::
Portcullis
(n.) A
grating
of iron or of
timbers
pointed
with iron, hung over the
gateway
of a
fortress,
to be let down to
prevent
the
entrance
of an
enemy..
Tenable
::
Tenable
(a.)
Capable
of being held,
naintained,
or
defended,
as
against
an
assailant
or
objector,
or
againts
attempts
to take or
process;
as, a
tenable
fortress,
a
tenable
argument..
Capitulate
::
Capitulate
(v. t.) To
surrender
or
transfer,
as an army or a
fortress,
on
certain
conditions..
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..
Tower
::
Tower (n.) A
citadel;
a
fortress;
hence,
a
defense..
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..
Evacuation
::
Evacuation
(n.)
Withdrawal
of
troops
from a town,
fortress,
etc..
Parallel
::
Parallel
(n.) One of a
series
of long
trenches
constructed
before
a
besieged
fortress,
by the
besieging
force,
as a cover for
troops
supporting
the
attacking
batteries.
They are
roughly
parallel
to the line of outer
defenses
of the
fortress..
Presidio
::
Presidio
(n.) A place of
defense;
a
fortress;
a
garrison;
a
fortress;
a
garrison
or
guardhouse.
Propugnacle
::
Propugnacle
(n.) A
fortress.
Maiden
::
Maiden
(a.) Used of a
fortress,
signifying
that it has never been
captured,
or
violated..
Chateau
::
Chateau
(n.) A
castle
or a
fortress
in
France.
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..
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..
Alcayde
::
Alcayde
(n.) A
commander
of a
castle
or
fortress
among the
Spaniards,
Portuguese,
and
Moors..
Barbacan
::
Barbacan
(n.) An
opening
in the wall of a
fortress,
through
which
missiles
were
discharged
upon an
enemy..
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..
Castle
::
Castle
(n.) A
fortified
residence,
especially
that of a
prince
or
nobleman;
a
fortress..
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..
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