1. A fortified defensive structure
   "an impenetrable fort";
   - fortress
    
2. (military) a fortified military post where troops are stationed
   "The fort was well-equipped to defend against potential attacks";
   - garrison

1. Station (troops) in a fort
   "The general forted his soldiers at the border"
    
2. Enclose by or as if by a fortification
   "They forted the camp against potential attacks";
   - fortify
    
3. Gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defence
   "The settlers forted up when they heard of the impending attack";
   - fort up

Sounds like: formally, formefort, fo

Derived forms: forting, forted, forts

Type of: assemble, close in, defence [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defensive structure, enclose, foregather [formal], forgather, gather, inclose, meet, military post, place, post, send, shut in, station

Encyclopedia: Fort, Mumbai