retirade

English

Etymology

From French retirade. Compare Spanish retirada (“retreat”). See retire.

Noun

retirade (plural retirades)

  1. (fortifications) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “retirade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Danish

Etymology

From French retirade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁɛtiˈʁɑːðə]

Noun

retirade c (singular definite retiraden, plural indefinite retirader)

  1. a small, simple building with a toilet without flushing; a privy
    Synonyms: lokum, das

Declension

Declension of retirade
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative retirade retiraden retirader retiraderne
genitive retirades retiradens retiraders retiradernes

References

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