Retirade

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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
     reentering angle.


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