fort up

• Устаревший фразовый глагол, означающий укрыться или защищаться в укреплённой позиции.

An obsolete phrasal verb meaning to take shelter or defend oneself in a fortified position.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, no object

1. To fortify or secure a positioninformalamerican

   To prepare a place for defense by making it strong and secure, often by building barriers or gathering supplies.

   Укрепиться

   • The settlers forted up in the old barn during the storm.
   • We need to fort up the cabin before the winter sets in.
   • They forted up with sandbags and supplies for the siege.

   Synonymsbarricadebatten downdefendentrenchfortifygarrisonprotectreinforcesecurestrengthen