redoubt
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
redoubt (plural redoubts)
- A small, temporary, military fortification.
- A reinforced refuge; a fort.
- A place of safety or refuge.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
- To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
redoubt (redoubts, present participle redoubting; past and past participle redoubted)
- (transitive) To fortify, to make into a stronghold.
- 1769, John Knox, An Historical Journal Of The Campaigns in North-America, page 72
- By the time that our troops had taken a little refreshment, a quantity of intrenching tools were brought a-shore, and the regiments were employed in redoubting our ground, and landing some cannon and ammunition.
- 1815, William Smith, History of Canada: From Its First Discovery, to the Year 1791, page 35
- I have been employed from the day of action to that of the capitulation, in redoubting our Camp beyond insult
- 1976, Canadian Historic Sites; Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History: Lieux Historiques Canadiens; Cahiers D'archéologie Et D'histoire
- The Commanding Royal Engineer in Canada again brought forward the earlier plan for redoubting the Quebec towers.
- 1769, John Knox, An Historical Journal Of The Campaigns in North-America, page 72
redoubt (redoubts, present participle redoubting; past and past participle redoubted)
- (archaic) To dread.
redoubt (redoubts, present participle redoubting; past and past participle redoubted)
- (rare) To doubt again.
- 1601, R. Broughton, An apologicall epistle, page 20
- Neither any of ſo many hundreds of expleaded, or nowe raigning hereſies, or any that ſhall ariſe hereafter, nor the Religion of Martine Luther so often profeſſed, and both priuately and publickly recanted, altered, changed, doubted, and redoubted by himſelfe, as his owne works and all proteſtants doe witneſſe...
- 1951, Sam Hood, "Cigaret Dealers See Red (Stamps) ↗", Pittsburgh Press
- "At first we didn't think it was Annabelle. We doubted and redoubted it. But we're almost certain it was now, although there is a difference in her voice."
- 1601, R. Broughton, An apologicall epistle, page 20
redoubt (plural redoubts)
- (rare) The return of doubt.
- 1963, Clarence J. Crossland, The lady balances her scales
- Undeterred by humble beginning, undaunted by frustrations imposed by others of lesser stature, undismayed by the doubts and redoubts of personal, political and elemental forces, he persevered, he pursued and he prevailed
- 2011, Yoram Lubling, The Person Vanishes: John Dewey's Philosophy of Experience and the Self, Peter Lang Pub Incorporated ISBN 9781433106088
- [The] basic characterization of geography of which we are part of, is an implication of postmodemism that cannot be accepted by anyone who prefers the press of ordinary life to the narrow academic games of doubt and redoubt.
- 1963, Clarence J. Crossland, The lady balances her scales
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