Re′ti‐a‐ry, a. [Cf. LL. retiarius.] 1. Netlike.
This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.
2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; — said of certain spiders.
3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.
Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.