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单词 redout
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redoutadj.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: redoubt n.
Etymology: Apparently < redoubt n. (see quot. 1688).The term is apparently unparalleled in French.
Heraldry. Obsolete. rare.
As postmodifier. Designating a cross having each limb ending in a right-angled bend (i.e. a gammadion or swastika). Cf. cramponnee adj.Treated by heraldic writers as a variant of the cross potent in which each of the T-shaped arms is rebated on one side.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. v. 51/1 Some have called it a Cross Redout, from its resemblance to a Bulwark or Fortification so called.
c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. II. at Redout The cross potent, rebated, is, by some writers, called a Cross Redout, from its resemblance to a bulwark, or fortification.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

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