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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Retirade \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 re[89]ntering angle. | |
