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rideau

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7
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8
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6
Pronunciation
/ɹiˈdəʊ/

Definition of rideau

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A fortification or barrier such as a small earthen mound or ridge, a file of troops, etc.
    “Rideau. A small rising ground or eminence, commanding a plain, which is sometimes near parallel to the works of a place. It is a great disadvantage to have Rideaus near a fortification, especially when they shoot from far, and terminate on counterscarp; for they not only command the place, but likewise facilitate the enemy's approaches.”
    “At the end of a three hours' cannonade, few if any of the Danish block-ships, prames, or rideaus, had ceased firing ; […]”
    “In less than an hour we arrived at the side of a small covert overhanging a rideau (or bank) of considerable extent : […]”
    “About the 24th proposal was made for taking the enemy's vessels, three of which were at anchor a little below the fort, and some of their rideaus likewise.”
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noun

  1. A fortification or barrier such as a small earthen mound or ridge, a file of troops, etc.
    “Rideau. A small rising ground or eminence, commanding a plain, which is sometimes near parallel to the works of a place. It is a great disadvantage to have Rideaus near a fortification, especially when they shoot from far, and terminate on counterscarp; for they not only command the place, but likewise facilitate the enemy's approaches.”
    “At the end of a three hours' cannonade, few if any of the Danish block-ships, prames, or rideaus, had ceased firing ; […]”
    “In less than an hour we arrived at the side of a small covert overhanging a rideau (or bank) of considerable extent : […]”
    “About the 24th proposal was made for taking the enemy's vessels, three of which were at anchor a little below the fort, and some of their rideaus likewise.”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A river in eastern Ontario, Canada, a tributary of the Ottawa River.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French rideau (“curtain”), from Middle French rideau, from Old French ridel (“plaited stuff; cloth curtain; blind”), from rider (“to plait; to wrinkle”), perhaps from Old High German ridil…

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Borrowed from French rideau (“curtain”), from Middle French rideau, from Old French ridel (“plaited stuff; cloth curtain; blind”), from rider (“to plait; to wrinkle”), perhaps from Old High German ridil (“a headband; a ribbon”) or rīdan, wrīdan (“to wrinkle”) (related to English writhe), from Proto-Germanic *wriþilaz, from *wrīþaną (“to twist, wind, wrap”). See more at riddle (“curtain”), writhe.

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