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re⋅doubt

  [ri-dout]
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–noun Fortification.
1. an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
2. an independent earthwork built within a permanent fortification to reinforce it.
Origin:
1600–10; < F redoute < It ridotto < LL reductus a refuge, n. use of ptp. of L redūcere to lead back; see reduce

Re⋅doubt

  [ri-dout, ree-dout]
–noun
Mount, an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 ft. (3108 m).
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re·doubt   (rĭ-dout')   
n.  

  1. A small, often temporary defensive fortification.

  2. A reinforcing earthwork or breastwork within a permanent rampart.

  3. A protected place of refuge or defense.


[French redoute, from Italian ridotto, from Medieval Latin reductus, concealed place, from Latin, past participle of redūcere, to withdraw, lead back; see reduce.]
Re·doubt   (rē'dout')   
A volcano, 3,111 m (10,200 ft) high, of southern Alaska. The highest peak of the Aleutian Range, it erupted in 1989 for the first time in 25 years.
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Word Origin & History

redoubt 
1608, from Fr. redoute, from It. ridotto "place of retreat," from M.L. reductus "place of refuge, retreat," from L. reduct-, pp. stem of reducere "to lead or bring back" (see reduce). The -b- was added by influence of unrelated Eng. doubt.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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