单词 | detached redoubt |
释义 | > as lemmasdetached redoubt a. A small work projecting from or within a bastion or ravelin (now only in detached redoubt). In later use chiefly: an enclosed fieldwork or outwork, having little or no flanking defences. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion > other works connected with bastions redoubta1608 retired flank1691 hollow tower1706 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork > redoubt redoubta1608 doubt?1611 reduct1704 a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 4 Because there were upon it certain small redoubts held by the enemie, we took along with us two small field-pieces. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 52 in Wks. II When my Muster-Master..tells you of Redoubts, of Cats, and Cortines. 1673 J. Moore Mod. Fortification 95 Plain Redoubts, are either small or great; the small are fit for Court of Guards in the Trenches. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) In Marshy Grounds, these Redoubts are often made of Mason's Work for the Security of the Neighbourhood. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. viii. 234 They were fired from that redoubt, yonder, and rare execution they did. 1803 W. Wittman Trav. in Turkey x. 208 They stated, that the enemy were busied at Cairo in constructing towers, or detached redoubts, provided with heavy artillery. 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 12 The defects of a circular redoubt are, that it is difficult to apply to irregular sites, and that it distributes its fire equally on every part whether required or not. 1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne III. xiv. 50 Redoubts or bastions, called ‘cæspitious’, as made out of the materials available on the spot. 1916 Times 3 Apr. 8/3 The Germans made several powerful attacks against the redoubt of the Avocourt Wood. 1952 C. R. Ballard Mil. Genius Abraham Lincoln viii. 95 The Confederates had retired, and the Federals, following them, bumped into the second obstacle; this was a line of detached redoubts near Williamsburg. 2008 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 22 June 13 She worked on base protection, constructing defensive redoubts for infantry soldiers and helping with reconstruction projects. < as lemmas |
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