REDOUBT


Meaning of REDOUBT in English

/ rɪˈdaʊt; NAmE / noun

1.

( literary ) a place or situation in which sb/sth is protected when they are being attacked or threatened

2.

a small building from which soldiers can fight and defend themselves

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from French redoute , from obsolete Italian ridotta and medieval Latin reductus refuge, from Latin reducere withdraw. The -b- was added by association with doubt .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.