retracted

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of retract

adj

1. Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
2. Pronounced further back in the vocal tract.

   “My guess is that he substitutes a schwa sound for the retracted r in final position.”

3. Couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the main direction.

   “Pale, retracted, that is, shortened. It is a French term, used when pales are borne cut off, either pendent from the chief, or issuant from the base, which should be particularly noticed in the blazon.”

   “RETRACTED, said of charges when borne one shorter than another; as, three pales or palets issuant from the chief, retracted, that is, cut off bend ways, and hanging of different lengths.”