If you hold the fort for someone, or, in American English, if you hold down the fort, you look after things for them while they are somewhere else or are busy doing something else. His business partner is holding the fort while he is away. a strong building or group of buildings used by soldiers or an army for defending an important place hold the fort hold (33) (fortis ). Fort Lamy Fort Knox Fort Lauderdale Fort Matanzas National Monument Fort McHenry Fort Stanwix Treaties of Fort Sumter National Monument Fort Wayne Fort Worth Fort de France
A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification
(Shoe) Stiffener. Counter stiffener. A shaped and molded component, usually of impregnated fabric, film, sandwich or leather board, placed between the lining and upper material at the back of the shoe to improve shape retention of the quarters
forts
Türkische aussprache
fôrts
Aussprache
/ˈfôrts/ /ˈfɔːrts/
Etymologie
[ 'fOrt, 'fort ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English forte, from Middle French fort, from fort, adjective, strong, from Latin fortis.