fort
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,712 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,144 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a fortified military post where troops are stationed also: garrison
- a fortified defensive structure also: fortress
verb
- gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense also: fort up
- enclose by or as if by a fortification also: fortify
- station (troops) in a fort
fort in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For after this, I may say, I wanted for no fort of earthen ware.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 2
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They came once and built a fort on the opposite mountain-side, with guns to overawe us all.
The Eye of Zeitoon · Talbot Mundy · Chapter 1
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They were no sooner discovered by the Portuguese, than they abandoned the fort, and took shelter in the town.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 2
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The obscure schemers of ten years ago have become big financiers, intrenched behind their money-bags as behind an impregnable fort.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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At its extremity stood Fort St. Nicholas, which was connected by a strong wall running along the promontory to the town.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 2