Redoubt /(r?*dout")/
Re·doubt
Redoubt
n.
- A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory. (Fort.)
Redoubt
v. t.
- To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.]