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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.
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In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin.
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1) A small separate defensive work (blockhouse or earthen works); 2) Detached outworks as part of a larger defensive plan, usually square without defensive flanks. Could also be polygonal or hexegonal shapes.
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Isolated military construction and autonomous
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A central tower within a fortification atop which artillery can be mounted.
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a small defensive earthwork fortification, sometimes temporary, and sometimes used to reinforce a permanent rampart.
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Detached, independent outwork.
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Small self-contained fieldwork, a refuge for soldiers outside the main defenses.
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A type of fort or fortification used for defense. Could be of modest size or quite substantial.
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A small fort of varying shape, usually of a temporary nature.
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An enclosed fortification without bastions. Fort George is a bastioned fort.
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This was larger and stronger. It might be a square or some other multiangled shape, but it was always completely enclosed, never open at one end.
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A small field work, usually square or polygonal in form, used as an outlying defense of a more strongly defended fortified position.
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A small, roughly constructed fortification, usually temporary, often used to defend high points of land.
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somewhere for soldiers to hide while they are fighting
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an enclosed fortification designed to be defended from all sides.  The trace of a redoubt could be square, polygonal, or occasionally circular.  A redoubt could stand alone as a detached work, serve as a place of refuge within a larger fortification, or be incorporated into a continuous line of entrenchments as an artillery or infantry strong point.  Redoubts were a common feature of all military eras.
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A redoubt is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort. It is meant to protect soldiers outside the main line of defense and is often hastily constructed. Redoubts were a component of the military strategies of most European empires during the colonial era, although the concept of redoubts has existed back to medieval times.
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