forted

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Ensconced in or protected by a fort

The fort was built right in the middle of a large old field, and in it the people had been forted so long and so quietly, that they didn't apprehend any danger at all, and had, therefore, become quite careless.

Simple past tense and past participle of fort
{a} having or guarded by a fort
Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts