FORT

FORT. → (A military defense) → Field fortifications De 20:19,20; 2Ki 25:1; Eze 4:2; 17:17; 26:8 → Defenses of cities 2Ch 26:15; Isa 25:12 → See CASTLES → See TOWERS → See WALLS → Erected in vineyards and herding grounds 2Ch 26:10; Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33; Mr 12:1; Lu 20:9 → Caves used for Jud 6:2; 1Sa 23:29; Isa 33:16 → FIGURATIVE
* Of God's care 2Sa 22:2,3,47; Ps 18:2; 31:3; 71:3; 91:2; 144:2; Pr 18:10; Na 1:7

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fort. Fort, n. a fortified place, fortification, castle

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Fort (?), n. [[F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. Forte, Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.]] (Mil.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. Farrow.