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Strongish :: Stronghold (n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.

Render :: Render (v. t.) To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure..

Afforcement :: Afforcement (n.) A fortress; a fortification for defense.

Propugnacle :: Propugnacle (n.) A fortress.

Garrison :: Garrison (v. t.) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory..

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..

Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress..

Fortress :: Fortress (n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security..

Burggrave :: Burggrave (n.) Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached..

Presidio :: Presidio (n.) A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.

Enceinte :: Enceinte (n.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

Comfortress :: Comfortress (n.) A woman who comforts.

Fall :: Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol..

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like..

Fortress :: Fortress (v. t.) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..

Force :: Force (n.) To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress..

Evacuation :: Evacuation (n.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc..

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