Redoubt Definition

rĭ-dout
redoubts
noun
A breastwork outside a fortification, to defend approaches, etc.
Webster's New World
A small, often temporary defensive fortification.
American Heritage
A breastwork within a fortification.
Webster's New World
Any stronghold.
Webster's New World
A protected place of refuge or defense.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb

(archaic) To dread.

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Other Word Forms of Redoubt

Noun

Singular:
redoubt
Plural:
redoubts

Origin of Redoubt

  • From French redoute, from Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus (“refuge"), from Latin reduco (“I withdraw"). The b was added by influence of the unrelated English word doubt (which ultimately derives from Latin dubito).

    From Wiktionary

  • French redoute from Italian ridotto from Medieval Latin reductus concealed place from Latin past participle of redūcere to withdraw, lead back reduce

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • The verb is unrelated to the noun, coming from French redouter. (See doubt and redoubtable.)

    From Wiktionary

Redoubt Sentence Examples

  • That redoubt was quite senseless in front of the position where the battle was accepted.

  • Having inspected the country opposite the Shevardino Redoubt, Napoleon pondered a little in silence and then indicated the spots where two batteries should be set up by the morrow to act against the Russian entrenchments, and the places where, in line with them, the field artillery should be placed.

  • Napoleon with his suite rode up to the Shevardino Redoubt where he dismounted.

  • Pierre noticed that after every ball that hit the redoubt, and after every loss, the liveliness increased more and more.

  • On the 12th, the Japanese took the trenches between the Waterworks Redoubt and Erh-Lung, and cut the watersupply.

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Words Starting With

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With T