Definition of "ostrog" [ostrog]

• In Siberia, a stockaded house or village. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The commission was executed, and on his return Morosko stated that he not only was among the Koryäks, but had also penetrated to the neighbourhood of the river Kamchatka, and that he took a Kamchadal "ostrog," and found in it some manuscripts in an unknown language, which, according to information afterwards obtained, had belonged to some"
• "Dog-sledges were brought out upon the ice by the inhabitants; and upon these our travellers were carried to the town, or "ostrog" as it is called -- such being the name given to the villages of Kamschatka."
• "All, however, soon wore a friendly aspect, and nothing could exceed the kindness and hospitality of the officer, a serjeant, who commanded in the ostrog, and at whose house they were entertained."