English Explanatory Dictionary

retrait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A picture or other visual representation.
adj
  1. Retired.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of retreat.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of retreat.
adj
  1. Not shown in full, but cut off at point it touches the edge of the shield, an ordinary, etc, as if retreating or withdrawn into that edge, ordinary, etc.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.)

Word forms

retrait retraits retraiting retraited

Etymology

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

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