redan

American  

[ri-dan] / rɪˈdæn /

noun

Fortification.

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

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redan British  

/ rɪˈdæn /

noun

1. a fortification of two parapets at a salient angle

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Etymology

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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Example Sentences

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redan

The re-taking of the redan must be attempted at all hazards.

From The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 by Walter R. Nursey

Paganel, map in hand, made a loop toward the northeast, and at ten o'clock the little party reached a sort of redan, formed by a projecting rock.

From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne

A redan is a letter V, with the point toward the enemy, and is used generally to cover the heads of bridges, etc.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Above Captain Musson's redan our untimely visitors constantly burst and scattered, and we began to realise fully the value of the bomb-proof shelters.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by J. Angus Hamilton

The salient was so prominent and jutted out so far from the general line of hills, and was besides shaped so like a blunted redan, that its front face was secure from flanking fire.

From London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Winston Churchill

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