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Retired flank

Retired \Re*tired"\, a.

  1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.

    A retired part of the peninsula.
    --Hawthorne.

  2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.

    Retired flank (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work.

    Retired list (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. [1913 Webster] -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n.

Usage examples of "retired flank".

The first time I use the words 'bastion' and 'retired flank' and 'ravelin' they're going to look at me like I was a lunatic.

His gaze, looking through the gun ports in the retired flank, ranged down the length of the curtain.