Redoubt
[ ri-dout, ree-dout ]
/ rɪˈdaʊt, ˈri daʊt /
noun
Mount,
an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 feet (3108 meters).
British Dictionary definitions for mount-redoubt
redoubt
/ (rɪˈdaʊt) /
noun
an outwork or detached fieldwork defending a pass, hilltop, etc
a temporary defence work built inside a fortification as a last defensive position
Word Origin for redoubt
C17: via French from obsolete Italian
ridotta, from Medieval Latin
reductus shelter, from Latin
redūcere to withdraw, from
re- +
dūcere to lead