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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Redoubt

/(r?*dout")/ · Re·doubt · IPA /ɹɪˈdaʊt/
01 n. A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flankin…
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    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.(Fort.)
02 v. t. To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
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    To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.[R.]