vt to stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
2. redoubt ·noun in permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. ·see f and i in ·illust. of ravelin.
3. redoubt ·noun a small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, used ·esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.