forted

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of fort. Use it for building a fort or strong defenses in the past.

   The soldiers forted on the hilltop, piling up logs and earth before dark.

   The settlers had forted near the river, so they felt safe that winter.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Safe inside a fort, or kept safe by one.

   The families stayed forted inside the walls until the danger passed.

   Once we were forted behind the thick log walls, everyone could finally sleep.

   Similarfortified, sheltered

   Oppositeexposed, unprotected, undefended

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