Redoubt

n.	1.	(Fort.) 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.
v. t.	1.	To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.

Noun

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redoubt - a forbidding stronghold Synonyms: sconce

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