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Fort

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fort'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fort.html. 1828.