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- French · derived fromretirade
- English todayretirade
From French retirade. Compare Spanish retirada (“retreat”). See retire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
retirade
Today it means: A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle. Full definition →
French retirade