1. small temporary enclosed defensive works or fortifications
Usage: military; plural of redoubt
2. secure refuges or strongholds
Usage: figurative use

Examples

• The army constructed several redoubts along the hillside to defend the pass.
• Enemy forces attacked the outer redoubts at dawn.
• The old redoubts still stand as monuments to the Civil War battle.
• These mountain villages served as redoubts for the resistance fighters.
• The university became one of the last redoubts of classical education.
• Conservative redoubts in the region resisted the political changes.