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What is a redan?

What is a redan? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A defensive fortification work in the shape of a V.
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Still more conspicuous was his conduct on the 18th June when attacking the redan.
It was sad to see the number of the bravest of our men who had fallen under the redan.
The hull is made of a redan on the upper bilge at the third front, which allows, besides pushing back the spray, to rapidly increase the volume of buoyancy and limit the charging seas.
I have just been in the redan, which exhibits a fearful scene.
Commonly seen are the redan, traverse, bastion and tenaille.
The approaches to the Malakoff and the redan were not attended with greater peril.

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