Fortresses
[fɔ:trisiz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Fortress
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Examples
- The small garrisons were drawn from the various towns and fortresses, and went to swell the main army. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Smooth-bore cannon and mortars of cast-iron and bronze are still retained in some fortresses, though rifled cannon are the only type now made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They built sturdy fortresses of the Myc?nean type of architecture; they had a metal industry; they used imported Greek pottery of a very fine type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His houses were all built in the form of castles, and seem to have been the principal fortresses which he possessed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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