A city or walled town; originally one that had been a Roman station in Britain.

A fortified town; a town possessing municipal organization (cf. Old English burhwaru body of citizens); more generally, any inhabited place larger…

A place which can easily be defended against attack; a stronghold; a fortress. Also figurative.

A stronghold, a fortress, a fastness. Now historical and chiefly with reference to Scotland.

? A magazine for provisions, ? a fortified place.

A military stronghold, fortified place; in modern use chiefly one capable of receiving a large force; often applied to a strongly fortified town…

A fortified place of defence; a fort or fortress; a stronghold, n. archaic.

A place strongly fortified against attack, a secure place of refuge or retreat.

Chiefly poetic. A castle, fortress; a city. in mote: among men. Obsolete.

In early use = fortress, n.; by modern writers chiefly used for: ‘A small outwork of a fortification’ (W.); a small fort.

? A stronghold or fortress occupied by armed forces. (Somewhat doubtful.)

†(a) A fortress or stronghold. Obsolete. (b) (from sense 4) A place in which troops are quartered for defensive or other military purposes; a…

in phrasal combinations designating things pertaining to warfare, as munitions of war, †weeds of war. †castle of war, house of war, place of war, t…

a walled or fortified town.

concrete. A fortified place.

A fortress; a fortified place. Obsolete.

A fortress or stronghold. Obsolete.

concrete. ? A fort. Obsolete. rare.

gen. A strong fortress, a stronghold.

Military. A fortified place; a position fortified for defensive or protective purposes, usually surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, and…

A fortress, a citadel; a fortified city. Obsolete.

A stronghold; = hold, n.1 10. Obsolete.

A palace. Also: a fortress, a castle. Also figurative.

A place strongly fortified against attack; a secure place of refuge or retreat; a stronghold (literal and figurative).

= afforciament, n. 1. Obsolete.

a town defended by a castle; also (Scottish) a collection of houses lying near or under a castle.

Military. A place where an armed force is permanently quartered for defensive or strategic purposes; a fort. Also North American: the garrison…

a fortified town in which a garrison is stationed.

A fortress keeping an enemy in check. Compare bridle, v. 1b. Obsolete.

Esp. in the Ottoman Empire: a camp or position fortified with a stockade.

Army. A strongly fortified city, used as an arsenal or place of retreat (now archaic and historical); (also occasionally) †a tent at the head of…

In Russia (esp. in Siberia): a fortified house or village surrounded by a palisade or wall; a fort; a prison.

A fort or fortress.

A garrison, a fortified settlement, esp. one formerly established by the Spanish in areas under Spanish control to protect settlements and…

A small native Indian fort.

A police station in India; formerly, a military station or fortified post.

Originally: a fortified Maori village or stronghold (now historical). In later use: any Maori village or settlement.

A Roman encampment or fortress.

A circular enclosure having an earthen wall; often used as a fort.

figurative. An impregnable stronghold.

Military. A fort, camp, etc., at which soldiers or other members of the armed forces are trained. Also in extended use.

(a) A North African castle or fortress. (b) The Arab quarter surrounding a castle or fortress in a North African town, esp. that of Algiers.

A Tibetan building (also, a territorial and administrative division) constituting a prefecture, frequently also serving as a fortress, a…