“reduit”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

reduit

释义

‖ reduit Fortif.|redɥi|
Also 7 reduite.
[F. réduit:—L. reductus: see reduct n. c, and cf. redoubt n.]
A keep or stronghold into which a garrison may retire when the outworks are taken, and so prolong the defence of the place.
1604E. Grimstone Hist. Siege Ostend 215 A Blockehouse or reduite inuironed with the Sea. [1619Gill Logon. Angl. (1621) 29 Redvite, nupera vox est à reduco, munimentum pro tempore aut occasione factum.]1706Phillips (ed. Kersey) s.v., In Fortification, Reduit or Reduct [etc.].1802James Milit. Dict. s.v., Reduits are sometimes used for the purpose of securing different posts in a town independent of its citadel.1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 346/1 Thus were formed good defensive posts, to each of which the mill served as a reduit or keep.1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. (ed. 3) 334/2 Blockhouses form the most suitable reduits for fieldworks.

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