Metagrams

"Fort Douglas"

Fort (from www.dictionary.com)

–noun

1.	a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.

2.	any permanent army post.

3.	(formerly) a trading post.

—Idiom

4.	hold the fort, a. to defend one's position against attack or criticism. b. to maintain the existing state of affairs.

-- noun
1.	a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: garrison]
2.	a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress]
verb
1.	gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
2.	enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify]
3.	station (troops) in a fort

from the Oxford English Dictionary:

Noun 1

1. Mil. A fortified place; a position fortified for defensive or protective purposes, usually surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, and garrisoned with troops; a fortress.
b. fig. A strong position, stronghold. Phr. to hold the fort: to act as a temporary substitute; also, to remain at one's post, to maintain one's position, to ‘cope’.
c. In British North America and parts of the U.S.: A trading station (originally fortified).

2. The place of security (of a wild animal).

3. Astrol. Obs.

4. Strong part or point. Now written FORTE, q.v.

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Noun 2

1867 FRY Playing-Card Terms in Philol. Soc. Trans. 56 Fort, an oiled sheet, (usually large enough for twenty cards) formerly used in making the stencilling-plate for stencilling the colors of the court-cards or the pips of the other cards.