fort
n 1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn:
garrison, fort]
2: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort]
v 1: gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or
defense [syn: fort, fort up]
2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify,
fort]
3: station (troops) in a fort
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Fort \Fort\, n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to
Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. Forte,
Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.] (Mil.)
A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified
place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch,
rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other
means of defense; a fortification.
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Detached works, depending solely on their own strength,
belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow.
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