Definition of redans Redans
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What does redans mean?
Wiktionary 
- redans (Noun)
Plural of redan.
Wiktionary
- redan (Noun)
A defensive fortification work in the shape of a V.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- redan (n.)
A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy. - redan (n.)
A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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redan
rē-dan′, n. (fort.) the simplest form of fieldwork, consisting of two faces which form a salient angle towards the enemy, serving to cover a bridge or causeway—quite open at the gorge. [O. Fr. redan, redent—L. re-, back, dens, a tooth.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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redan
The simplest form of regular fortification, consisting of two faces meeting in a salient angle; generally applied in connection with other works.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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redan
Is the simplest work in field fortification. It consists of two parapets whose faces join in forming a salient angle toward the enemy, like a letter V, in which the apex is to the front. Regarded by itself, the redan is a work of very little strength, since there is no flanking fire to protect its faces, and nothing to prevent an enemy from forcing an entrance at the gorge; but redans are useful in many positions, and the rapidity with which they may be constructed renders them favorites with engineers and generals. A row of redans along an exposed front of an army adds much to its strength, the troops behind protecting the gorge, and the redans flanking each other. It forms an excellent defense for a bridgehead, the gorge being covered by the river. Redans figured largely in Wellington’s works for defending Lisbon in 1810. The redan of Sebastopol in 1855 was the principal point of the English attack, and the scene of two bloody repulses by the Russians in June and September.
