What is a Redoubt Anyway?

What is a Redoubt Anyway?. . , A redoubt is part of a fort or defensive position, usually temporary, made from soil and usually reinforced with timber or stone., Other Defensive Engineering Terms , Abatis - Any temporary construction; In a fort or redoubt, they were sharpened timbers protruding from the earth to make scaling the exterior slope difficult. At Fort Putnam, they are not sharpened intentionally for safety. Portable abatis are known as trous-de-loup., Banquette - the elevated step inside the rampart used to fire from. At Fort Putnam, the fixed benched simulate the banquette., Barrel or keg - these were filled soil or sand to serve as temporary and portable defensive walls., Battery - a cluster of cannon or artillery that functions as a unit, Breastwork - an earth defensive structure basically like a ditch that protects troops firing from a standing position, Earthworks - types of fortifications or defensive structures made from soil including the redoubt, moat and trench, Embrasure - is an opening in the parapet wall through which cannon can fire, Glacis - the bank or berm of earth sloping away from a fort to protect it from artillery fire, Facines – are wrapped bundles of sticks or branches used in fortifications., Gabion - a large basket-like structure made from interwoven branches filed with earth used as a temporary parapet., Parapet - the inside wall of a fort made of wood, stone or reinforced earth.