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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fort \Fort\, n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to
Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf {Forte},
{Force}, {Fortalice}, {Comfort}, {Effort}.] (Mil.)
A strong or fortified place usually, a small fortified
place occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch,
rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other
means of defense; a fortification.
Detached works depending solely on their own strength,
belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fort
n 1: a fortified place where troops are stationed [syn: {garrison}]
2: a fortified place [syn: {fortress}]
v 1: gather in or as if in a fort, as for protection or defense
[syn: {fort up}]
2: enclose by a fortification [syn: {fortify}]
3: station in a fort, as of troops
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