redan
noun
re·dan
rə̇ˈdan
plural -s
: a fortification having two parapets forming a salient angle, an unfortified entrance usually protected by its location (as on the bank of a stream, at the head of a bridge, or in advance of a strong line), and often a connection (as by curtains) with other such fortifications as a simple form of fieldwork
Word History
Etymology
French, alteration of redent, from re- + dent tooth, from Latin dent-, dens
- respectable
- respectableness
- respectablenesses
- respectables
- respectably
- respectant
- respected
- respecter
- respecters
- respectful
- respectfully
- respectfulness
- respectfulnesses
- respecting
- respective
- respectively
- respectiveness
- respectivenesses
- respectless
- respectlessly
- respects
- respectuous
- respectworthy
- respell
- respelled