vidette
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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As night approached, a vidette was placed in front of each pit, near the edge of the woods, which was about forty yards in advance.
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by McBride, R. E.
From the vidette post, around which they have all gathered, they behold a moving mass, in the early dawn distinguishable as men on horseback.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne
I jest skipped round back o’ the krantz opposite the kloof, an’ crawled up to where I’d seen the vidette.
From Tales from the Veld by Glanville, Ernest
A vidette was still kept upon the top of the ridge, though not the man first deputed for the performance of this duty.
From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne
"He is still upon Catawba, tending northwards," replied the vidette.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
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