forted

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːtɪd/

Verb

forted

  1. simple past and past participle of fort

Adjective

forted (comparative more forted, superlative most forted)

  1. Ensconced in or protected by a fort.
    • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, page 104:
      The fort was built right in the middle of a large old field, and in it the people had been forted so long and so quietly, that they didn't apprehend any danger at all, and had, therefore, become quite careless.
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