retrate

Army has started back for Winchester, on its way to the North Pole; our own regiment, Colonel, is coming over the hill in full retrate.

Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 Bronson Howard 1875

Wasn't it to escape you and the likes of you that I made me retrate to the shore?

The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 Mary Hartwell Catherwood 1874

She fed the cattle, and kept all things snug about the doors; not forgetting to load her master's two guns, "in case," as she said, "the ribels should attack us in our retrate."

Roughing It in the Bush 1852

She fed the cattle, and kept all things snug about the doors; not forgetting to load her master's two guns, "in case," as she said, "the ribels should attack us in our retrate."

Life in the Backwoods Susanna Moodie 1844

She fed the cattle, and kept all things snug about the doors; not forgetting to load her master's two guns, "in case," as she said, "the ribels should attack us in our retrate."

Roughing It in the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844