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redan [rɪˈdæn] n (Military / Fortifications) a fortification of two parapets at a salient angle [from French, from earlier redent notching of a saw edge, from re- + dent tooth, from Latin dēns] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Redan was within rifle- shot of the Malakoff; Inkerman was a mile away; and Balaklava removed but an hour's ride. You who have imagined, traced, and combined between these bastions, these redans, these curtains, these half-moons; and are preparing that covered way? |
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