单词 | retirade |
释义 | retiraden. Fortification. Now rare. A retrenchment built withdrawn in a bastion, often within a re-entrant angle. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > new work made after breach retirade1674 1674 C. Cotton tr. B. de Montluc Commentaries iii. 142 Behind the Retirade, which was not much above the height of a man, they were also sheltred from being seen. 1684 tr. Siege Luxembourg 22 That the Prince de Chimay made the Women and Children work upon the Retirades, and..was still resolved to make a vigorous Defence. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) When a Breach is made in a Bastion, the Enemy may also make a Retirade, or a new Fortification behind it. 1780 L. Lochée Elements of Fortification ix. 135 Some consent themselves with making it [sc. a retrenchment] consist of two faces forming a re-entering angle..in which case it is commonly called, retirade. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) The body of a retirade should be raised as high as possible, and several fougasses should be laid beneath it. 1855 W. Robson Great Sieges Hist. 180 The retirades and intrenchments dug by the knights, supplied the places of the battered-down walls. 1922 S. MacManus Story of Irish Race (ed. 3) lii. 446 Behind that breach a retirade had been made and a battery of guns planted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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