Redoubt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. Fortification.
    • an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
    • an independent earthwork built within a permanent fortification to reinforce it.
  2. any safe and secure place or situation; refuge; stronghold: Lebanon has represented one of the last redoubts of Christianity in the Middle East.
noun
  1. an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 feet (3,108 meters).
noun
  1. an outwork or detached fieldwork defending a pass, hilltop, etc
  2. a temporary defence work built inside a fortification as a last defensive position
Redoubt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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