† ˈfort-ˌroyal Obs.
[f. fort + royal a. Cf. Fr. bastion royal a great bastion.]
Some kind of fort of great size and strength: see quot. 1706.
| 1645 N. Stone Enchir. Fortif. 39 To convert a Square Fortresse..into a Fort-Royall. 1672 Essex Papers (Camden) I. 4 Kinsale might haue a Forte Royall erected on it [the Harbour]. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Fort Royal, a Fort that has 26 Fathoms for the Line of Defence. |
| fig. 1650 T. Hubbert Pill Formality 12 Hypocrisie is the devils Fort-Royal. 1681 Whole Duty Nations 36 To acknowledge this Union the Fort-Royal against the hostile Invasions of Popery. |