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re⋅dan

[ri-dan]
–noun Fortification.
a V-shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.

Origin:
1680–90; < F, var. of redent a double notching or jagging, equiv. to re- re- + dent tooth < L dent- (s. of dēns)
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