FORTED

Verb

forted

simple past tense and past participle of fort

Adjective

forted (comparative more forted, superlative most forted)

Ensconced in or protected by a fort.

Source: Wiktionary

Fort"ed, a.

Definition: Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts. [R.] Shak.

FORT

Fort, n. Etym: [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. Forte, Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.] (Mil.)

Definition: 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. Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. Farrow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition