redoubt

(ri do̵ut′)

noun

1. a breastwork outside a fortification, to defend approaches, etc.
2. a breastwork within a fortification
any stronghold

Origin: Fr redoute < It ridotta < ML reductus, refuge, orig. pp. of L reducere: see reduce

See redoubt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: French redoute

Origin: , from Italian ridotto

Origin: , from Medieval Latin reductus, concealed place

Origin: , from Latin

Origin: , past participle of redūcere, to withdraw, lead back; see reduce

A volcano, 3,111 m (10,200 ft) high, of southern Alaska. The highest peak of the Aleutian Range, it erupted in 1989 for the first time in 25 years.

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