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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["e]ntering angle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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