Fort : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fort	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Fort
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fort n a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: garrison, fort] a fortified defensive structure Synonym(s): fortress, fort v gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense Synonym(s): fort, fort up enclose by or as if by a fortification Synonym(s): fortify, fort station (troops) in a fort
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fort \Fort\, n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. {Forte}, {Force}, {Fortalice}, {Comfort}, {Effort}.] (Mil.) 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. Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow.