fortification

fortification
n
1. strengthening, reinforcement, buttressing, bracing, backing, redoubling; augmentation, addition, magnification, aggrandizement, intensification.
2. battlement, rampart, protection, bastion, Fort. vallation; parapet, blockhouse, Fort. machicolation, gallery, vault, Fort. casemate; barricade, buttress, buffer, palisade, abatis, stockade, enceinte; embankment, wall, parados, bank, mound; fence, defense, outwork, Rare. muniment, Fort. circumvallation; entrenchment, trench, moat, ditch, foxhole, dugout; bunker, nest, pill box, abri, Mil. hedgehog; All Fort. work, earthwork, breastwork, fieldwork, hornwork, lines; redan, redoubt, ravelin, lunette, demilune, tenaille; scarp, escarp, vallum, counterscarp, glacis

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  • fortification — [ fɔrtifikasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1360; lat. fortificatio, de fortis « fort » 1 ♦ Action de fortifier une place, de la munir d ouvrages défensifs. Travailler à la fortification d une position clé. 2 ♦ (XVe) Souvent plur. Ouvrage défensif, ou ensemble des …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fortification — Fortification. s. f. v. Ouvrage de Terre ou de Massonnerie qui rend une place forte. La fortification de cette ville est excellente. les fortifications n en valent rien. abbattre, raser les fortifications. demolir les fortifications. dresser le… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Fortification — For ti*fi*ca tion, n. [L. fortificatio : cf. F. fortification.] 1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy. [1913 Webster] 2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fortification — early 15c., “strengthening,” also “defensive earthworks, tower” (mid 15c.), from M.Fr. fortification strengthening, fortification, from L.L. fortificationem (nom. fortificatio), noun of action from pp. stem of fortificare (see FORTIFY (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • fortification — [fôrt΄ə fi kā′shən] n. [ME fortificacioun < OFr fortification < LL fortificatio < pp. of fortificare: see FORTIFY] 1. the act or science of fortifying 2. something used in fortifying; esp., a fort or defensive earthwork, wall, etc. 3. a… …   English World dictionary

  • Fortification — Fortification, lat. dtsch., die Kriegsbaukunst; fortificiren, befestigen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • fortification — index barrier, bulwark, corroboration, panoply, protection, safeguard, support (corroboration) …   Law dictionary

  • fortification — [n] reinforced position barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, block, blockhouse, breastwork, buffer, bulwark, castle, citadel, consolidation, defense, earthwork, embattlement, entrenchment, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, keep, outpost,… …   New thesaurus

  • fortification — ou lieu de forteresse, comme rempart ou bastillon, Munimentum, Munitio, Firmamentum, Firmamen, Ouid …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Fortification — Planche de Cyclopaedia sur les fortifications. La fortification (du latin fortificatio « action de fortifier ») est l art militaire de renforcer une position ou un lieu contre une attaque par des ouvrages de défense. Par extension, la… …   Wikipédia en Français

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