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Definition of Retired flank

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 Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.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. -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n.

Meaning of Retired flank from wikipedia

- shape. It provides defense for guns and soldiers on the flank, and may cover a retired flank. The French orillon (English: little ear) is a diminutive...
- area around a black marble Yankees logo. This is flanked by two short stone walls which hold the retired numbers. The plaques are mounted on the back wall...
- forwards and backwards with their feet in a sweeping motion from shoulder to flank. The bareback rider does not use a saddle or rein, but uses a rigging that...
- The Sukhoi Su-27 (Russian: Сухой Су-27; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supersonic supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed...
- identical to that in the architect's book, including the presence of a retired flank. An earlier 1608 map of Gibraltar by Cristóbal de Rojas includes Flat...
- able to reinforce it by bringing in additional manpower from his eastern flank and integrating military reserve units into the regular army. By early September...
- southward from the Charles V Wall. The gate was positioned adjacent to the retired flank of the bastion, behind the orillon of its west wall (pictured in OS...
- von Moltke the Younger. The German concentration on the right (northern) flank, was to wheel through Belgium and attack the French in the rear. The German...
- bastion was redesigned and enlarged to become a demi-bastion featuring a retired flank behind an orillon with parapets 12 feet (3.7 m) thick In the 1790s,...
- 1995. Playing on the left flank with attacking fullback Graeme Le Saux behind him and Stuart Ripley on the opposite flank, they forged a strong attacking...