0 a large, strong building or group of buildings that can be defended from attack
1 a large, strong building or group of buildings that can be defended from attack
Around the fortress are seven circular mounds, which at first suggest the idea of being the work of mound-builders.
Have we destroyed the fleets of our enemies, fired their towns, and laid their fortresses in ruins?
The fortress is separated from the town by a small bay, across which a wooden bridge has been built.
The sultan immediately dispatched an army of two hundred thousand men to the relief of his beleaguered fortress.
Yet at this moment the great fortress and arsenal lay at their mercy.
People are feeling insecure; they want their home to be a fortress.
It can be used for a fortress of any architectural type.
Unfortunately this is the only burial of its sort to be observed in a legionary fortress.
