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fortlike

a. Resembling or characteristic of a fort.

Usage examples of "fortlike".

He would be sorry to see the presidential mansion surrendered, but the government would not be so humiliated if it chose to make its stand in the more fortlike Treasury.

Past the great stone pillars, they came to something resembling a town square of sorts, an open place surrounded by low, fortlike buildings of mortared stone.

Distantly behind the man was a sturdy, fortlike building that seemed to be dimly lighted inside.

Prowling within close range of the massive stone walls, he was studying the character of the fortlike building.

Wright had his interns build south of the main buildings, and the camp complex itself was almost fortlike with its walls and courtyards and covered walkways -- good for scuttling between buildings during a dust storm -- but each successive day without either sunlight or Aenea made me increasingly nervous.