redoubt 音标拼音: [rəd'ɑʊt]
n . 多面堡,防守阵地
多面堡,防守阵地
redoubt n 1 : (
military )
a temporary or supplementary fortification ;
typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses 2 :
an entrenched stronghold or refuge Redoubt \
Re *
doubt "\ (
r ?*
dout "),
n . [
F .
redoute ,
fem .,
It .
ridotto ,
LL .
reductus ,
literally ,
a retreat ,
from L .
reductus drawn back ,
retired ,
p .
p .
of reducere to lead or draw back ;
cf .
F .
r ['
e ]
duit ,
also fr .
LL .
reductus .
See {
Reduce },
and cf . {
Reduct }, {
R ['
e ]
duit }, {
Ridotto }.] (
Fort .)
(
a )
A small ,
and usually a roughly constructed ,
fort or outwork of varying shape ,
commonly erected for a temporary purpose ,
and without flanking defenses , --
used esp .
in fortifying tops of hills and passes ,
and positions in hostile territory .
(
b )
In permanent works ,
an outwork placed within another outwork .
See F and i in Illust .
of {
Ravelin }. [
Written also {
redout }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
Redoubt \
Re *
doubt "\,
v .
t . [
F .
redouter ,
formerly also spelt redoubter ;
fr .
L .
pref .
re -
re -
dubitare to doubt ,
in LL .,
to fear .
See {
Doubt }.]
To stand in dread of ;
to regard with fear ;
to dread . [
R .]
[
1913 Webster ]
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
redoubt ":
abatis ,
advanced work ,
balistraria ,
bank ,
banquette ,
barbed -
wire entanglement ,
barbican ,
barricade ,
barrier ,
bartizan ,
bastion ,
battlement ,
breastwork ,
bulwark ,
casemate ,
cheval -
de -
frise ,
circumvallation ,
citadel ,
contravallation ,
counterscarp ,
curtain ,
demibastion ,
dike ,
drawbridge ,
earthwork ,
enclosure ,
entanglement ,
escarp ,
escarpment ,
fastness ,
fence ,
fieldwork ,
fortalice ,
fortification ,
fortress ,
glacis ,
loophole ,
lunette ,
machicolation ,
mantelet ,
merlon ,
mound ,
outwork ,
palisade ,
parados ,
parapet ,
portcullis ,
postern gate ,
rampart ,
ravelin ,
redan ,
sally port ,
scarp ,
sconce ,
stockade ,
stronghold ,
tenaille ,
vallation ,
vallum ,
work
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