† fort-royaln.

Etymology: < fort n.¹ + royal adj. Compare French bastion royal a great bastion.

Obsolete.

Some kind of fort of great size and strength: see quot. 1706. Cf. royal fort at royal adj. 7c.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > large fort

fort-royal1642

1642 H. Hexham Princ. Art Milit. (ed. 2) ii. 54 A small Fort Royall, where the proportion of the Polygones are of 55, 50, or 45 rodd.

1645 N. Stone Enchiridion of Fortification 39 To convert a Square Fortresse..into a Fort-Royall.

1672 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 4 Kinsale might haue a Forte Royall erected on it [the Harbour].

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Fort Royal, a Fort that has 26 Fathoms for the Line of Defence.

figurative.1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 12 Hypocrisie is the devils Fort-Royal.1681 Whole Duty of Nations 36 To acknowledge this Union the Fort-Royal against the hostile Invasions of Popery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	fort-royal
释义	† fort-royaln. Etymology: < fort n.¹ + royal adj. Compare French bastion royal a great bastion. Obsolete. Some kind of fort of great size and strength: see quot. 1706. Cf. royal fort at royal adj. 7c. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > large fort fort-royal1642 1642 H. Hexham Princ. Art Milit. (ed. 2) ii. 54 A small Fort Royall, where the proportion of the Polygones are of 55, 50, or 45 rodd. 1645 N. Stone Enchiridion of Fortification 39 To convert a Square Fortresse..into a Fort-Royall. 1672 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 4 Kinsale might haue a Forte Royall erected on it [the Harbour]. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Fort Royal, a Fort that has 26 Fathoms for the Line of Defence. figurative.1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 12 Hypocrisie is the devils Fort-Royal.1681 Whole Duty of Nations 36 To acknowledge this Union the Fort-Royal against the hostile Invasions of Popery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1642
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