Redoubt - Small self-contained fieldwork, a refuge for soldiers outside the main defenses. Reeded - Parallel convex mouldings. Re-entrant - Recessed; opposite of salient.
Redoubt outwork or detached fieldwork defending a pass, hilltop etc. also a temporary defence work built inside a fortification as a last defensive position Re-entrant ...
Redoubt, Redout, Reduit: (1) A small work placed beyond the glacis, but within musket shot of the covert way, made in various forms, known as a detached redoubt. (2) A small work built in a bastion or ravelin of a permanent fortification.
Castle at Raviscanina: redoubt of the rebel Andrew of Rupecanina. The Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo. A Norman house in Mdina.
redoubt a small defensive earthwork fortification, sometimes temporary, and sometimes used to reinforce a permanent rampart.
See also: Vault, House, Gallery, Arches, Trave
 
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