Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fort \Fort\, n. [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to
Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. {Forte},
{Force}, {Fortalice}, {Comfort}, {Effort}.] (Mil.)
A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified
place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch,
rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other
means of defense; a fortification.
Detached works, depending solely on their own strength,
belong to the class of works termed forts. --Farrow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fort
n 1: a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: {garrison}]
2: a fortified defensive structure [syn: {fortress}]
v 1: gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
[syn: {fort up}]
2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: {fortify}]
3: station in a fort, as of troops
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