redout

[ red-out ]

/ ˈrɛdˌaʊt /

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noun

a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.

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Origin of redout

1940–45; red¹ + out, on model of blackout

Words nearby redout

redouble, redoubt, redoubtable, redoubted, redound, redout, redowa, redox, red packet, red-pencil, red pepper

How to use redout in a sentence

C'tait une sorte de Lovelace en cheveux blancs, forte redout des mres de famille.'
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
I had the pleasure of seeing old Redout this morning, the flower-painter par excellence.
Audubon and his Journals, Volume I (of 2)|Maria R. Audubon
Redout told me the young Duchesse d'Orlans had subscribed, and I would receive a letter to that effect.
Audubon and his Journals, Volume I (of 2)|Maria R. Audubon
Fifty sat down in the big room of the Redout, twenty in the Green Room.
The Spell of Switzerland|Nathan Haskell Dole

Il arriue quelque fois, qu'vn mesme est tout ensemble & Autmoin & Sagamo, & lors il est grandement redout.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. III: Acadia, 1611-1616|Various