FORTRESSES

Meaning of FORTRESSES in English

(pl. ) of Fortress

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

FORTRESSES — ( pl. ) of Fortress
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FORTRESSES — pl of fortress.
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FORTRESSES — Крепости
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FORTRESSES — Крепости
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FORTRESSES — Крепости
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UTRECHT — City (pop., 2001 est.: 256,420), central Netherlands. The site of successive Roman, Frisian, and Frankish fortresses, it became an episcopal …
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TRENCH WARFARE — Warfare in which the opposing sides attack, counterattack, and defend from sets of trenches dug into the ground. It was …
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SCUTARI, LAKE — Largest lake in the Balkan Peninsula . Located on the frontier between Montenegro (see Serbia and Montenegro ) and Albania …
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NESS, LOCH — Lake, Highland council area, Scotland. It is 788 ft (240 m) deep and about 23 mi (36 km) long and …
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HEROD — I known as Herod the Great born 73 BC died March/April, 4 BC, Jericho, Judaea Roman-appointed king of Judaea (37–4 …
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FORTIFICATION — Structure erected to strengthen a military position against attack. The defense of cities and trade centers, usually by high walls, …
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BAYBARS I — or Baibars born с 1223, north of the Black Sea died July 1, 1277, Damascus, Syria Most eminent sultan of …
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ASSASSIN — properly Nizāriyyah Byname for any member of a sub-sect of Ismāʽilī Shīʽite Muslims who operated in parts of Iran and …
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ALBUQUERQUE, AFONSO DE — or Afonso the Great born 1453, Alhandra, near Lisbon died Dec. 15, 1515, at sea, off Goa, India Portuguese soldier, …
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QUADRILATERAL — I. |kwädrə|lad.ərəl, -atərəl, -a.trəl sometimes |kwȯd- adjective Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin quadrilateralis, from Latin quadrilaterus quadrilateral (from quadri- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUADRILATERAL — (n.) An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
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PALANKA — (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
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ORILLON — (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- …
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GARRISON — (v. t.) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.
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FORTRESS — (v. t.) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.
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QUADRILATERAL — ( n. ) An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THEOPHILUS — died Jan. 20, 842, Constantinople Eastern Roman emperor (829842), principal promoter of the 9th-century Byzantine renascence of learning, and the …
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QUADRILATERAL — famous combination of four fortresses mutually supporting one another, during the Austrian rule of northern Italy. The four fortified towns …
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MOSAFERID DYNASTY — also called Sallarid, or Kangarid (AD c. 9161090), Iranian dynasty that ruled in northwestern Iran. The founder of the dynasty …
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MONTALEMBERT, MARC-REN, MARQUIS DE — born July 16, 1714, Angoulme, France died March 29, 1800, Paris French general and military engineer who replaced the complex …
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HEROD — born 73 BC died March/April, 4 BC, Jericho, Judaea byname Herod the Great, Latin Herodes Magnus Roman-appointed king of Judaea …
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HEREFORDSHIRE
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BRIALMONT, HENRI-ALEXIS — born May 25, 1821, Venlo, Neth. died June 21, 1903, Brussels, Belg. Belgian soldier who was the leading fortifications engineer …
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BALKANS, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the present. At no point in history has it been …
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ALBUQUERQUE, AFONSO DE, THE GREAT — born 1453, Alhandra, near Lisbon died Dec. 15, 1515, at sea, off Goa, India Portuguese soldier, conqueror of Goa (1510) …
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MAUZZIM — (fortresses). The marginal note to the Authorized Version of (Daniel 11:38) "the god of forces," gives as the equivalent of …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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