"Afforcement" is a word in ENGLISH

In old English lnw. A fortress or stronghold, or other fortl-fication. Cowell

A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.

A fortress; also, a royal palace.

The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.

baluárte, balwárte - (Sp. baluarte) Bulwark, defence, stronghold, fortress, fort; trench. (cf. trintséra, palalípdan, palamakurán).

An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.

A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.

\"The Bastille\", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical …

To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose …

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and …

Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a …

To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.

A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.

To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another …

A castle or a fortress in France.

A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of …

An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. …

The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.

A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended …