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retrait¹

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From Middle French retrait. Doublet of retract, retreat, and ritratto.

noun retraits

  1. obsolete A picture or other visual representation. She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare […]

adjective

  1. not comparable, obsolete Retired.

retrait²

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Variant forms.

noun retraits

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of retreat Cyrus was his second Brother: who gave the occasion of that memorable work, and almost miraculous retrait of Xenophon.

verb retraits · retraiting · retraited

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of retreat

adjective

  1. not comparable, rare Not shown in full, but cut off at point it touches the edge of the shield, an ordinary, etc, as if retreating or withdrawn into that edge, ordinary, etc. (Compare issuant, naissant.) KETHEL in Holland uses, Azure, a pale retrait in chief (i.e., a demi-pal) soutenu by a chevron between three cauldrons or.

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@misc{retrait_2026,
  title = {retrait},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/retrait},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}