Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: redoubt  ri'dawt
  1. An entrenched stronghold or refuge
    "The soldiers retreated to their mountain redoubt"
     
  2. (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defences
    "The army quickly constructed a redoubt to defend their position"

Derived forms: redoubts

Type of: fastness, fortification [rare], munition, stronghold

Encyclopedia: Redoubt, American