0 a military building designed to be defended from attack, consisting of an area surrounded by a strong wall, in which soldiers are based -- 堡壘；城堡；要塞
His army is too large to approach the fort by any one of the many paths that converge on the fort.
Given its relatively high artefact content, any redeposition was very probably of rubbish from within the fort itself.
Five huge fort gates were constructed in a harmonized style with these walls.
He considered leaving the fort without consulting him or getting his permission as intolerable behaviour.
The restoration of old temples, and the construction of new ones in the fort, had already started in the early nineteenth century.
Similarly, melon beads and bronze pendants found inside military forts are usually considered to be associated with cavalry horses.
It was spread along several desert forts and was highly mobile, equipped with cars, camels, and wireless.
The ground plan of the fort indicates that a different type of unit was garrisoned there.
