Fortilage

//ˈfɔː(ɹ)tilidʒ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A little fort; a blockhouse. obsolete

    "Yet was the fence thereof but weake and thin ; Nought feard theyr force that fortilage to win"

Example

More examples

"Yet was the fence thereof but weake and thin ; Nought feard theyr force that fortilage to win"

Etymology

Variant (influenced by -age) of fortalice, borrowed from Latin fortalitia. Doublet of fortress.

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