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retirade
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retirade, n. [F.; cf. Sp. retirada retreat. See Retire.].
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 reëntering angle. [1913 Webster]
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