A fortified military post where troops are stationed.
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Examples for "fortress "
Examples for "fortress "
1 Pougatcheff went off to inspect the fortress ; Alexis followed him; I remained.
2 The rugged fortress lay swathed in the softness of the creamy light.
3 The fleets in vain thundered against the solid sea-front of the fortress .
4 Far in the night the occasional guns from the Southern fortress ceased.
5 To-morrow the garrison at the fortress marches in review before the Prince.
1 General Campan will move through the wood to seize the first fortification .
2 This table compares the three degrees of fortification used in Spanish culverins:
3 This completed the circuit of the new fortification of the Great Camp.
4 The wall in the background is part of the original border fortification .
5 A cupola crowning a corner tower; an interesting example of decorative fortification .
Enclose by or as if by a fortification.
Gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense.
1 Empty fort strategy much? outspoken democracy activist Denise Ho said on Twitter.
2 Among the rest, the Arapahoes came in considerable numbers to the fort .
3 The colony had now several of the Indians detained in the fort .
4 He saw the first stone laid in the building of the fort .
5 The settlers had built a fort in the middle of the settlement.
6 The Minerva destroyed the fort and the barracks and the government buildings.
7 But the men in the fort dug a well inside the fort .
8 That was the last gun fired in the fort by the Americans.
9 And they had earned it after the brave fight in the fort .
10 Who exactly would be holding the fort if there's a major crime?
11 Before the eye stretches under the moonlight the interior of the fort .
12 The idea of a fort in this association owed little to imagination.
13 In a diary kept within the fort we find the following entries:
14 The situation of this fort was romantic and beautiful in the extreme.
15 The fort was in the middle of a small and fertile prairie.
16 The town stood in its centre, the fort at the northern end.
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Fort в диалектах
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