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Redoubt
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Fr. redoute, from Med. Lat. reductus, a place of retreat, refuge, reducere, lead back, retire; the intrusive b is due to the O. Fr. redoubter, to fear, Lat. dubitare, to doubt), a term in fortification for a small closed work of plain trace, generally used in conjunction with lines of infantry trenches (see Fortification And Siegecraft). The tern reduit " (Fr. reduit), often confused with " redoubt," is only used for a keep or interior refuge for the garrison of a larger work, corresponding, on a small scale, to the citadel of a fortress.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Redoubt'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/redoubt.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Redoubt'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/redoubt.html. 1910.
