Definition of "redoubts" [redoubts]

• Plural form of redoubt. (noun)

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• "To this day photos of Ghazi Mohammed occupy a prominent place in Kurdish redoubts in Iraq and Iran."
• "Cornwallis had his men construct a main line of defense around Yorktown that consisted of ten small enclosed forts (called redoubts), batteries with artillery and connecting trenches."
• "The Company's military engineers devised the erection of small suburban forts ( 'redoubts'), block-houses, and batteries, which were to be mounted with cannon and to be in charge of an appropriate garrison, and were to serve as outposts for the protection of the outlying quarters of the city."