redan

[ ri-dan ]

/ rɪˈdæn /

noun Fortification.

a V-shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.

Words nearby redan

red-tailed hawk, red-top, red-wat, red-winged blackbird, redact, redan, redargue, redback, redbait, redbank whiteoak, redbelly dace

Origin of redan

1680–90; < French, variant of redent a double notching or jagging, equivalent to re- re- + dent tooth < Latin dent- (stem of dēns)

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Examples from the Web for redan

Parties of brave men struggled up to the very abattis of the Redan, and there, unsupported and powerless, were shot down.
Jack Archer|G. A. Henty
We chased them right up to the Redan, and then returned to our trenches.
A Soldier's Experience or A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure|Timothy Gowing
Brock rode up the slope toward the redan halfway up the Heights.
Brock Centenary 1812-1912|Various
They were to carry ladders for descending into the ditch of the Redan.
Jack Archer|G. A. Henty

On the fatal 8th September, Macgregor twice fought his way into the Redan, the second time to come out no more.
A Soldier's Experience or A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure|Timothy Gowing

British Dictionary definitions for redan

redan

/ (rɪˈdæn) /

noun

a fortification of two parapets at a salient angle

Word Origin for redan

C17: from French, from earlier redent notching of a saw edge, from re- + dent tooth, from Latin dēns

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