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retrait

The English word “retrait” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A picture or other visual representation.

adjective

  1. Retired.
  2. Not shown in full, but cut off at point it touches the edge of the shield, an ordinary, etc, as if retreating or withdrawn into that edge, ordinary, etc.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.)

Etymology

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

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