redoubts

Noun (1)

redoubt (plural redoubts)

1. A small, temporary, military fortification.
2. A reinforced refuge; a fort.
3. A place of safety or refuge.
   • To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text

Noun (2)

redoubt (plural redoubts)

1. (rare) The return of doubt.
   • Undeterred by humble beginning, undaunted by frustrations imposed by others of lesser stature, undismayed by the doubts and redoubts of personal, political and elemental forces, he persevered, he pursued and he prevailed1963, Clarence J. Crossland, The lady balances her scales

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