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Webster 1913 Edition
Fort
Fort
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fort
FORT
,Noun.
1.
A fortified place; usually, a small fortified place; a place surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; also, any building or place fortified for security against an enemy; a castle.2.
A strong side, opposed to weak side or foible.