slovo | definícia |
Redan (gcide) | Redan \Re*dan"\ (r?*d?n"), n. [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. Redented.] [Written
sometimes redent and redens.]
1. (Fort.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as
to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
[1913 Webster]
2. A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to
keep the parts level.
[1913 Webster] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
predaný (msas) | predaný
- sold |
vypredaný (msas) | vypredaný
- sold out, sold-out, out of stock |
zapredaný (msas) | zapredaný
- sold-out |
predany (msasasci) | predany
- sold |
vypredany (msasasci) | vypredany
- sold out, sold-out, out of stock |
zapredany (msasasci) | zapredany
- sold-out |
contredanse (encz) | contredanse, n: |
Contredanse (gcide) | Contredanse \Con"tre*danse`\, n. [Cf. F. contredanse (fr. E.
Country-dance). ]
1.
(a) A dance in which the partners are arranged face to
face, or in opposite lines.
(b) The quadrille. [Obs.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Music) A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
contredanse (wn) | contredanse
n 1: a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets
or face one another in a line [syn: country-dance,
country dancing, contredanse, contra danse,
contradance]
v 1: perform a contradance [syn: contradance, country-dance,
contredanse, contra danse] |
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