Definition of Fortifications. Meaning of Fortifications. Synonyms of Fortifications

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Definition of Fortifications

Fortification
Fortification For`ti*fi*ca"tion, n. [L. fortificatio : cf. F. fortification.] 1. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy. 2. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle. Fortification agate, Scotch pebble. Syn: Fortress; citadel; bulwark. See Fortress.

Meaning of Fortifications from wikipedia

- castles. Medieval-style fortifications were largely made obsolete by the arrival of cannons in the 14th century. Fortifications in the age of black powder...
- Fortified Region of Metz for the Maginot Line fortifications shielding the Metz industrial region List of fortifications Mont Saint-Quentin in Moselle Valley Clayton...
- Czechoslovakia built a system of border fortifications as well as some fortified defensive lines inland, from 1935 to 1938 as a defensive countermeasure...
- defensive fortifications. Elvas, in Portugal is considered by some to be the best surviving example of the Dutch school of fortifications. When the newly-effective...
- The fortifications of Frankfurt were a system of military defences of the German city of Frankfurt am Main which existed from the Middle Ages into the...
- The medieval fortifications dating from the 12th century The bastioned fortifications dating from the 17th century The ring fortification system dating...
- between medieval and early modern fortification can be seen in the fortifications of Rhodes in Greece and the fortifications of Famagusta in Cyprus. Just as...
- distance inland. At the same time, the fortifications of Portsmouth and Gosport became part of the wider fortifications of the Solent. Old Portsmouth, on the...
- These sites include a variety of fortifications, ranging from citadels, to mountain batteries and sea fortifications, to bastion walls and towers. In...
- Great. These included fortification walls, towers, and gates. The expansion of their territory created the need for new fortifications for new settlements...