retrait
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare […]"
- "Cyrus was his second Brother: who gave the occasion of that memorable work, and almost miraculous retrait of Xenophon."
- "KETHEL in Holland uses, Azure, a pale retrait in chief (i.e., a demi-pal) soutenu by a chevron between three cauldrons or."
- "The blazon : Arms : Per Saltire Gules and Or in fess two pellets pierced and in pale many plates also pierced on a chief Argent issuant as in chief seven pallets retrait two three and two Sable."
- "The upper margin is bordered by a low quality frieze bearing the coat of arms of Pope Gregory XV (r. 1621-1623) : gules, three bendlets retrait per fess […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: retrait