/ 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 .