Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little fort.

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  • noun rare A little fort.

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  • noun A little fort.

Etymologies

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fort +‎ -let

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Examples

  • "But however fast we travel, Major, they will still outrun us and so give warning to this fortlet at San Miguel, " Herault tapped the map, -and the fort's garrison will send to Salamanca for reinforcements, and we shall arrive and find a small army waiting for us.

    Sharpe's Skirmish Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2002

  • "But however fast we travel, Major, they will still outrun us and so give warning to this fortlet at San Miguel," Herault tapped the map, "and the fort's garrison will send to Salamanca for reinforcements, and we shall arrive and find a small army waiting for us."

    Sharpe's Skirmish Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2002

  • Just inside there is a still unshattered concrete fortlet, built for the machine gun by which those men were killed.

    The Old Front Line John Masefield 1922

  • We camped within five miles of the British border at the Chinese fortlet of Settee, a palisaded camp whose gateway also was hung with heads of dacoits.

    AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

  • We camped within five miles of the British border at the Chinese fortlet of Settee, a palisaded camp whose gateway also was hung with heads of dacoits.

    An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891

  • Ubayd; and Hosayn (a fortlet, not the P.N. Al-Husayn) to Husayn.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • (broad cloth) to Khukh and Jukh; Ohod (mount) to Uhud; Obayd (a little slave) to Ubayd; and Hosayn (a fortlet, not the P.N. Al – Husayn) to Husayn.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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  • A little fort.

    July 5, 2008