OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14348

fortification

/ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fortificación
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
fortificación
That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
Kenett states that the military works still known by the name of Tadmarten Camp and Hook-Norton Barrow were cast up at this time ; the former, large and round, is judged to be a fo…
“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?[…]”
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