[rɪˈdaʊt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defences
(e.g: the British stormed the rebel redoubt)


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Origin:
early 17th century: from French redoute, from obsolete Italian ridotta and medieval Latin reductus ‘refuge’, from Latin reducere ‘withdraw’. The -b- was added by association with doubt