the process of adding alcohol to increase content percentage.

Adding alcohol to a wine in order to make it stronger and take on a different character. This process also lessens the possibility of further fermentation, since many wine yeasts can't survive in a higher alcohol environment. Sherries, Madeira, and Ports are examples of fortified wines.

The act of chucking in things like brandy and vodka. Motives for doing this are generally questionable, but can be justified with experienced bluffing, e.g by calling it blending.

Raising the alcohol content (per volume) of a wine by adding a liquor with higher alcohol content.

The process of adding spirit to a wine. If this is done before completion of the alcoholic fermentation, as with Port, the unfermented sugars will cause the wine to be sweeter than would otherwise be the case. Added later, as is the case with Sherry, the wine will remain dry. In all cases the final alcohol content receives an obvious boost. The process is also used in the production of vin doux naturel.

The process of adding distilled spirits to a finished mead to increase its alcohol content, keeping qualities, or flavor.

defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it

the art or science of strengthening defenses

a defensive position that soldiers can hide behind and shoot at their enemies from

a fort; a defensive building constructed for the purpose of strengthening a position

buildings designed to keep enemies away, such as a castle

Something that makes a defensive position stronger, like high mounds of earth to protect cannon or spiky breastworks to slow an enemy charge.

the art of building works for defense or attack which, through their form and construction, enabled their occupants to resist for a considerable length of time assaults by superior forces.

earthen works or other structures erected to defend a place or position.

that which makes strong; architecture designed to defend place or position (ATA fig. 1-14; 2-18; 10-12) [image] [website

Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The term is derived from the Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make").