noun

• A temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defences.

  ‘the British stormed the rebel redoubt’

  More example sentences

  • ‘branch 200 was a redoubt of left-wing trade unionism’
  • ‘Unlike the fortified cities of northern Ireland, Charles Towne's streets fail to connect the bastions and redoubts rimming the town.’
  • ‘The earthworks were reused as a gun redoubt during the Civil War.’
  • ‘A camp was built on top of the cliff and a redoubt followed.’
  • ‘The buccaneer fought the King's soldiers for many a year until a large force of redcoats stormed his redoubt.’
  • ‘A few men actually made it to the redoubt on top, only to be killed immediately.’