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8 words match “REDOUBT”

REDOUBT n. 3 definitions
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.
REDOUBTABLE a.
Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also redoutable.]
REDOUBTED a.
Formidable; dread. "Some redoubled knight." Spenser. Lord regent, and redoubted Burgandy. Shak.
REDOUBTING n.
Reverence; honor. [Obs.] In redoutyng of Mars and of his glory. Chaucer.
DOUBTABLE a.
Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. [Obs.]
DOUGHTY a.
Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero. Sir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain. Chaucer. Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffet each other from generation to generation. Motley.
MASK n.
In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
STALWART; STALWORTH a.
Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. "A stalwart tiller of the soil." Prof. Wilson. Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and bold. R. of Brunne.