• Fortification

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

    Origin

    From Middle French fortification, from Latin fortificātiō.

    Full definition of fortification

    Noun

    fortification

    (plural fortifications)
    1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
    2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
      • 1910, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price Chapter 1, “… 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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