fort up
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Meaning · English
To fortify (a place); to convert into a fort.
Register: informal
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
They had forted up their house, cutting the bottom-land timbers, lopping off their limbs, and driving the tree trunks into the ground topwise, to make a stockade big enough to hold them and some neighbors — the ones willing to stay there.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “fort up” mean?
To fortify (a place); to convert into a fort.
Is “fort up” formal or informal?
fort up is generally informal.