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redoubt

In trench warfare, small enclosed trench work employed in conjunction with a system of infantry trenches.

It can form a strong point of resistance even after the rest of the trenches have been destroyed or captured.
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On the twenty-fourth of August the battle of the Shevardino Redoubt was fought, on the twenty-fifth not a shot was fired by either side, and on the twenty-sixth the battle of Borodino itself took place.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Great mounds had been heaped about the crest of the hill, making a huge redoubt of it--it was the final and largest place the Martians had made--and from behind these heaps there rose a thin smoke against the sky.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
They were encamped in tents, constructed of the old sails and spare spars of the squadron, within the limits of a redoubt mounted with a few nine-pounders, and surrounded with a fosse.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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