Defn: A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; — called also fortelace.
FORTE
Forte (fort), n. Etym: [IT. forte: cf. F. fort. See Fort.]
1. The strong point; that in which one excels. fort"a The construction of a fable seems by no means the forte of our modern poetical writers. Jeffrey.
2. The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; — opposed to foible.
FORTE For"te (fôr"tay or for"tay), adv. Etym: [It. forte, a. & adv., fr. L. fortis strong.] (Mus.)
Defn: Loudly; strongly; powerfully.
FORTED
Fort"ed, a.
Defn: Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts. [R.] Shak.
FORTH Forth, v.Etym: [AS. foredh, fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort sq. root78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv.]
1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. Tyndale. From this time forth, I never will speak word. Shak. I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. Strype.