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Fort Meaning & Definition
Fort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fort?

[n] a fortified defensive structure
[n] a fortified military post where troops are stationed
[v] station in a fort, as of troops
[v] enclose by or as if by a fortification
[v] gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fort: fort up | fortify | fortress | garrison

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fort: acropolis | bastion | beachhead | blockhouse | bridgehead | bunker | castle | citadel | donjon | fasthold | fastness | fortress | garrison | garrison house | hold | keep | martello | martello tower | mote | motte | peel | peel tower | pillbox | post | rath | redoubt | safehold | strong point | stronghold | tower | tower of strength | ward

See Also | alcazar | Alhambra | base | battlement | collect | congregate | crenelation | crenellation | defence | defense | defensive structure | enclose | gather | inclose | martello tower | military post | place | post | post | send | shut in | station | Tower of London | trench

Fort In Webster's Dictionary

\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. Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow.

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