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Webster 1913 Edition

(r?-d?n′)

Noun.

[F., for OF.

redent

a double notching or jagging, as in the teeth of a saw, fr. L. pref.

re-

re- +

dens

dentis

, a tooth. Cf.

[Written sometimes

redent

and

redens

(Fort.)

A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.

A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.

Noun.

[written sometimes redent and redens; said to be contracted from L. recedens. Lunier.]

In fortification, a work indented, or formed with salient and re-entering angles, so that one part may flank and defend another.