Redoubt
noun, Fortification.
1.
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
2.
an independent earthwork built within a permanent fortification to reinforce it.
noun
1.
Mount, an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 feet (3108 meters).
noun
1.
an outwork or detached fieldwork defending a pass, hilltop, etc
2.
a temporary defence work built inside a fortification as a last defensive position
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