Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In field fort., the simplest kind of work employed, consisting of two parapets of earth raised so as to form a salient angle, with the apex toward the enemy and unprotected on the rear.
- noun A downward projection in a wall on uneven ground to render it level.
- noun Synonyms See
fortification .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fort.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
- noun A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A defensive
fortification work in the shape of a V.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Det finns något som jag överhuvudtaget inte förstår i APs hela tanke – och det är hur de ska kunna skydda sin affär genom att göra det sämre för sina redan betalande kunder.
Why The Associated Press plans to hold some web content off the wire » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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Tyvärr trodde jag i min blinda naivitet att man kunde modifiera/ändra i alternativen utan att de redan inräknade försvann.
Är här några andra skåningar? mrdantefontana 2006
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Uppdaterat: 17:37, skånsk tidhållning Jag modifierade "pollen" lite så de 3 som redan hade röstat får göra det igen.
Är här några andra skåningar? mrdantefontana 2006
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Marty är The Blue Banana King ... och Anno. Ja, det vet ni väl redan?
maccadole Diary Entry maccadole 2004
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He had a craggy rectangular head sitting up on top of his stony body like a log redan full of guards.
Drowned Hopes Westlake, Donald E. 1990
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Delta knew things, but Delta didn't know Odetta and Odetta didn't know Delta, and so the teeth lay as smooth and closed as a redan gate there, also.
The Drawing of the Three King, Stephen, 1947- 1987
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I constantly had brought to mind the anecdote of the Crimean Zouaves, about to charge a redan, who answered their officer's query as to the number of cartridges they had by tapping their saber bayonets.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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The remains of a small half-moon or redan battery on the point which had been constructed in the War of 1812, and played a considerable part in the battle of
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Another mine was consequently started which was exploded on the 1st of July, destroying an entire rebel redan, killing and wounding a considerable number of its occupants and leaving an immense chasm where it stood.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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French, who had crenellated the walls, making it into a perfect redan.
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