Retirade

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:40:07

Ret`i*rade" (?), n. [F.; cf. Sp. retirada retreat. See Retire.] Fort.

A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.

 

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