REDAN  , in fortification, a See also:

• WORK

work of V-shape presenting a salient See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle towards the expected attack . The See also:

• GORGE

gorge (See also:

• REAR

rear) of a redan is open . When unsupported by other See also:

• WORKS

works, it has the disadvantage that its See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire is divergent and but few guns can be brought to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear directly towards the front . Further, both its faces are usually open to See also:

• ENFILADE (a French word, from enfiler, to thread, and so to pass through from end to end)

enfilade . Redans were therefore almost always used in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with other works, one of the most See also:

• COMMON

common forms being the " lines of redans " used as See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field works . These consisted of lengths of See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain trenches facing the front, with redans at intervals along the See also:

• LINE

line . In the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day the See also:

• TERM

term redan is loosely applied to works merely possessing saliency, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the celebrated bastions Nos . 3 and 2 at See also:

• SEVASTOPOL, or SEBASTOPOL

Sevastopol in 1854–55, usually called the "Redan " and " Little Redan " respectively (see See also:

• CRIMEAN

CRIMEAN See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

WAR) . The " Redan " was a large work of irregular outline, generally resembling a redan, but having the salient angle blunted or rounded off and the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side faces broken into several See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor fronts so as to obtain a field of fire in many directions .