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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
redoubt /rɪˈdaʊt/
▶noun Military a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defences.
– origin C17: from Fr. redoute, from obs. Ital. ridotta and med. L. reductus ‘refuge’, from L. reducere ‘withdraw’; the -b- was added by assoc. with doubt.
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