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Portcullis :: Portcullis (n.) A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy..

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

Indefensible :: Indefensible () Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc..

Quadrilateral :: Quadrilateral (n.) An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano..

Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..

Chateau :: Chateau (n.) A castle or a fortress in France.

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

Inaccessible :: Inaccessible (a.) Not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc..

Intenable :: Intenable (a.) Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress..

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

Maiden :: Maiden (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated..

Taborite :: Taborite (n.) One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles..

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..

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..

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

Cede :: Cede (v. t.) To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty..

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

Propugnacle :: Propugnacle (n.) A fortress.

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

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin..

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