redout
[ red-out ]
/ ˈrɛdˌaʊt /
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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Words nearby redout
redouble, redoubt, redoubtable, redoubted, redound, redout, redowa, redox, red packet, red-pencil, red pepper
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Example sentences from the Web for redout
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. AudubonI had the pleasure of seeing old Redout this morning, the flower-painter par excellence.
Audubon and his Journals, Volume I (of 2)|Maria R. AudubonFifty sat down in the big room of the Redout, twenty in the Green Room.
The Spell of Switzerland|Nathan Haskell Dole