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redan

[ ri-dan ]

noun

Fortification.
  1. a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.


redan

/ ɪˈæ /

noun

  1. a fortification of two parapets at a salient angle
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of redan1

1680–90; < French, variant of redent a double notching or jagging, equivalent to re- re- + dent tooth < Latin dent- (stem of ŧԲ )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of redan1

C17: from French, from earlier redent notching of a saw edge, from re- + dent tooth, from Latin ŧԲ
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Redan greens are typically narrow and angled away from the tee, with the putting surface sloped from front to back.

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This is what’s called a reverse Redan, because instead of the ball feeding right to left, this one feeds left to right.

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He then headed up the coast to North Berwick, a 190-year-old club along the Firth of Forth known for its fabled “Redan” hole at the par-3 15th.

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For Mekeala Watkins, a junior at Redan High School in Stone Mountain, Ga., the toll of the pandemic has worsened over time.

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Malachi McFadden’s lawyers say the 16-year-old student at Redan High School, near Atlanta, suffered burns on his face, neck and torso in the Aug. 6 incident.

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