redan

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The northern extremity--the gorge of the redan, as it were--gaped open towards Kerreri; and from Kerreri there now began to come, like the first warning drops before a storm of rain, small straggling parties of Dervish cavalry.

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  1. 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. Two redans connected form a queue d'aronde, and three connected form a bonnet à (or de) prêtre. Several redans connected by curtains form lines of intrenchment.
  2. A downward projection in a wall on uneven ground to render it level.
  3. Redan battery, redan line. See battery, line.
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  • When there is time, the trees are laid with the butts toward the work, and the branches outward--the small limbs being removed, and the ends of the remainder sharpened Illustration A redan is a letter V, with the point toward the enemy, and is used generally to cover the heads of bridges, etc Illustration A lunette is the redan with flanking wings Illustration A redoubt is an enclosed parallelogram Illustration These works are very imperfect, because they have exposed points. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
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  1. More properly redent; from Old French redan, redent, French redan =Portuguese redente, a double notching or jagging, as in a saw, from Latin re-, back, + den (t-)s =English tooth.
 

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