Redout

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sudden reddening of the visual field accompanied by severe headache and caused by engorgement of the blood vessels of the head when a person is subjected to a negative force of gravity, as in stunt flying.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See redoubt.
  • n. In fortification, a general name for nearly every class of works wholly inclosed and undefended by reëntering or flanking angles.
  • n. Synonyms See fortification.
  • In heraldry, bent in many angles: noting a cross with hooked extremities, in the form of the fylfot or swastika.
  • n. A simplified and former spelling of redoubt.
  • Word Usage
    "The small public garden, named for an old redout on the lake shore at the mouth of Bayou St. John was filled with a yellow sunset as Chester and Aline moved after the aunts and the De l'Isles from the train into"
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