out-fortn.
/ˈaʊtfɔːt/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌfɔrt/ Now historical.
An outlying fort, an outwork.
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out-fort1625
1625 J. Mead Let. 10 Dec. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 66 Our men at Cadiz..won the out-fort of the town, and slew all they found therein.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 479 The Soldiers, which were upon the Guards in some out-Forts.
1757 Lett. to Washington II. 219 For every bushell of Salt that Shall be deliver'd him..at any the Outforts the Sum of Ten Shillings.
1856 J. Thomas et al. Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer 126/1 N.W. of the barracks, and outside the town, are extensive outforts and batteries.
1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxiii. 176 Some small outforts..were easily taken.
1989 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 28 208 These [failures] were not ascribed to Vernon, who in fact reaped further applause for the initial assault on Cartagena and the surrender of the out-fort of Bocca Chicca.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† out-fortv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To have more forts than.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > furnish with fort [verb (transitive)] > outdo in forts
out-fort1755
1755 St. Colonies N. Amer. 37 If..we would secure our American dominions against the French, we must out-fort, as well as out-settle them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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