fastnesses in English
noun
1
a secure refuge, especially a place well protected by natural features.
a remote Himalayan mountain fastness
2
the ability of a material or dye to maintain its color without fading or washing away.
the dyes differ in their fastness to light
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1. But the great condor, sulking on some remote ledge in the fastnesses of its preserve, fails to appear.