RETIRA'DE, noun
In fortification, a kind of retrenchment in the body of a bastion or other work, which is to be disputed inch by inch, after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces, which make a re-entering angle.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.