reduitn.

Brit.

/rəˈdwiː/, U.S.

/rəˈdwi/

Forms: late Middle English reduyte, 1600s reduite, 1600s– reduit.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French reduit, réduit.

Etymology: In sense 1 < Middle French reduit (see below); in sense 2 < French réduit (although this is first recorded later in this sense in dictionaries of French: 1671), specific use of réduit secluded, recessed place (1176 in Old French as reduit ; c1150 in sense ‘way, road, track’), retreat, small lodging (13th cent.), place where people gather for conversation and entertainment (c1230), small, secluded room, recess (a1440) < post-classical Latin reductus refuge, hiding place, retreat (see redoubt n.). Compare French †reduite (feminine) blockhouse, little fort (1611 in Cotgrave). Compare also Old Occitan redutz (1364 in this sense). Compare reduct n. and redoubt n.

†1. A cave; a recessed hiding place. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 222 ^v He..was there well thre owres seechyng yf he coude fynde ony hoole or caue or reduyte.

2. Fortification. A keep or stronghold into which a garrison may retreat if the outworks are taken, thereby prolonging the defence of the place. Cf. redoubt n., reduct n. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > keep

donjonc1330

dungeonc1330

keepa1586

reduit1604

main guard1645

redoubt1648

donjon keep1808

donjon tower1808

keep-tower1865

1604 E. Grimeston in tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 215 A Blockehouse or reduite inuironed with the Sea.

1691 A. Swall tr. S. Le P. de Vauban New Method Fortification iii. v. 42 Having fixed this Work on the other side of the Ravelin, place a small Reduit at the Head between the two Counter-gards.

1746 Elem. Fortification I. iii. 87 The capital of the reduits, described within the half-moon, is 23 fathoms.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) Reduits are sometimes used for the purpose of securing different posts in a town independent of its citadel.

1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 346/1 Thus were formed good defensive posts, to each of which the mill served as a reduit or keep.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 334/2 Blockhouses form the most suitable reduits for fieldworks.

1914 D. Haig Diary 25 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 65 I directed the latter to be organised as a ‘reduit’ in case Enemy should penetrate the other defences.

1948 Times 31 Dec. 3/3 The obsolete conception of a national reduit has been abandoned in favour of an extra-territorial base established in the Belgian Congo.

2003 N. Macpherson Amer. Intelligence War-time London vi. 177 As for the Reduit (or Redoubt), this was the rumoured area for ‘a last-ditch stand’ in the Bavarian, Austrian and Italian Alps.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reduit
释义	reduitn. Brit. /rəˈdwiː/, U.S. /rəˈdwi/ Forms: late Middle English reduyte, 1600s reduite, 1600s– reduit. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French reduit, réduit. Etymology: In sense 1 < Middle French reduit (see below); in sense 2 < French réduit (although this is first recorded later in this sense in dictionaries of French: 1671), specific use of réduit secluded, recessed place (1176 in Old French as reduit ; c1150 in sense ‘way, road, track’), retreat, small lodging (13th cent.), place where people gather for conversation and entertainment (c1230), small, secluded room, recess (a1440) < post-classical Latin reductus refuge, hiding place, retreat (see redoubt n.). Compare French †reduite (feminine) blockhouse, little fort (1611 in Cotgrave). Compare also Old Occitan redutz (1364 in this sense). Compare reduct n. and redoubt n. †1. A cave; a recessed hiding place. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 222 ^v He..was there well thre owres seechyng yf he coude fynde ony hoole or caue or reduyte. 2. Fortification. A keep or stronghold into which a garrison may retreat if the outworks are taken, thereby prolonging the defence of the place. Cf. redoubt n., reduct n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > keep donjonc1330 dungeonc1330 keepa1586 reduit1604 main guard1645 redoubt1648 donjon keep1808 donjon tower1808 keep-tower1865 1604 E. Grimeston in tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 215 A Blockehouse or reduite inuironed with the Sea. 1691 A. Swall tr. S. Le P. de Vauban New Method Fortification iii. v. 42 Having fixed this Work on the other side of the Ravelin, place a small Reduit at the Head between the two Counter-gards. 1746 Elem. Fortification I. iii. 87 The capital of the reduits, described within the half-moon, is 23 fathoms. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) Reduits are sometimes used for the purpose of securing different posts in a town independent of its citadel. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 346/1 Thus were formed good defensive posts, to each of which the mill served as a reduit or keep. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 334/2 Blockhouses form the most suitable reduits for fieldworks. 1914 D. Haig Diary 25 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 65 I directed the latter to be organised as a ‘reduit’ in case Enemy should penetrate the other defences. 1948 Times 31 Dec. 3/3 The obsolete conception of a national reduit has been abandoned in favour of an extra-territorial base established in the Belgian Congo. 2003 N. Macpherson Amer. Intelligence War-time London vi. 177 As for the Reduit (or Redoubt), this was the rumoured area for ‘a last-ditch stand’ in the Bavarian, Austrian and Italian Alps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1473
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