fortlet

noun

fortlet

noun

Etymology From fort + -let.

1

A little fort.

  • if the Goods or Beasts be in a Fortlet or Castle, the Sheriff may take with him the Power of the Country, and beat down the Castle.1668, A Treatise of diseases of the head, brain and nerves:
Derived terms
mile-fortlet

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