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Retirade

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(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retirade'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/retirade.html. 1828.
 
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