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redout


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Redoubt  \Re*doubt"\  (r?*dout"),  n.  [F.  redoute,  fem.,  It 
  ridotto,  LL  reductus  literally,  a  retreat,  from  L.  reductus 
  drawn  back  retired,  p.  p.  of  reducere  to  lead  or  draw  back 
  cf  F.  r['e]duit,  also  fr  LL  reductus  See  {Reduce},  and 
  cf  {Reduct},  {R['e]duit},  {Ridotto}.]  (Fort.) 
  a  A  small  and  usually  a  roughly  constructed,  fort  or 
  outwork  of  varying  shape,  commonly  erected  for  a 
  temporary  purpose,  and  without  flanking  defenses,  --  used 
  esp.  in  fortifying  tops  of  hills  and  passes,  and 
  positions  in  hostile  territory. 
  b  In  permanent  works  an  outwork  placed  within  another 
  outwork.  See  F  and  i  in  Illust.  of  {Ravelin}.  [Written 
  also  {redout}.]