redoubt
a safe or protected place
TRANSLATION
redoubt = Festung, Bollwerk, Bastion The Alpine Fortress, or Alpine Redoubt = Alpenfestung) --- GOOGLE INDEX redoubt: approximately 505,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
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Television in Germany. The last REDOUBT.
Another push to sell pay-television to the Germans.
As many investors have painfully discovered, it is perhaps harder to sell pay-television in Germany than in any other rich country. Yet they keep trying.
The Economist
Another push to sell pay-television to the Germans.
As many investors have painfully discovered, it is perhaps harder to sell pay-television in Germany than in any other rich country. Yet they keep trying.
The Economist
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redoubt
noun
- a safe or protected place
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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Originally the word comes from Latin, reductus meaning "place of refuge" or "secret place". In the 17th century, the term redoute was used to refer to a specific type of military structure that was part of a larger fortification. The English word "doubt" later influenced the spelling by introducing a silent "b".
Redoubts were built mainly between the 17th and 19th centuries. Usually they were placed close to a fort's walls, in the outer line of defence of a fort, or were built some distance away from the main structure. The free-standing buildings looked a bit like block houses.
Redoubts served as a first row of protection in an invasion. They had various shapes, and could be round, square or multi-sided structures, either with or without a roof. If the troops were on the move, temporary redoubts were built using bags of sand.
In an extended sense, redoubt refers to something that holds on to a way of life, especially one that is disappearing or threatened.
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SYNONYMS
bastion, fortification, refuge, bunker
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noun
- a safe or protected place
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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Originally the word comes from Latin, reductus meaning "place of refuge" or "secret place". In the 17th century, the term redoute was used to refer to a specific type of military structure that was part of a larger fortification. The English word "doubt" later influenced the spelling by introducing a silent "b".
Redoubts were built mainly between the 17th and 19th centuries. Usually they were placed close to a fort's walls, in the outer line of defence of a fort, or were built some distance away from the main structure. The free-standing buildings looked a bit like block houses.
Redoubts served as a first row of protection in an invasion. They had various shapes, and could be round, square or multi-sided structures, either with or without a roof. If the troops were on the move, temporary redoubts were built using bags of sand.
In an extended sense, redoubt refers to something that holds on to a way of life, especially one that is disappearing or threatened.
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SYNONYMS
bastion, fortification, refuge, bunker
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Most scientists believe that evidence-based methods are the only way to discover the true nature of reality."
