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Fortalice

Fort′a-lice

,
Noun.
[LL.
fortalitia
, or OF.
fortelesce
. See
Fortress
.]
(Mil.)
A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; – called also
fortelace
.

Definition 2024


fortalice

fortalice

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Noun

fortalice (plural fortalices)

  1. (archaic) A small fortress.
    • 1819: Tell them whatever thou hast a mind of the weakness of this fortalice, or aught else that can detain them before it for twenty-four hours. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

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