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Dictionary Information: Definition Fort
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  Fort (Fort) (?), n.
[F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. Forte, Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.]

(Mil.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. "Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts." Farrow.

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