Reduire un plan au petit pied, Fr. To make a copy of a drawing, in which every part is faithfully represented, though on a small scale.
REDUIT, Fr. literally means a nook, or bye-place; in a military sense, it signifies a sort of citadel, which is extremely inconvenient to the inhabitants of the town, because it takes up more ground than those that are regularly built, and is, at the same time, uncomfortable to the troops, because they must be very much crowded. This word is explained by an English lexicographer, in the following manner:—Reduct or Reduit, an advantageous piece of ground, intrenched and separated from the rest of the place, camp, &c. for an army, garrison, &c. to retire to in case of surprize. Reduits are sometimes made for the purpose of securing different posts in a town independent of its citadel. These have been proposed by the celebrated Vauban.
Reduit, in architecture, a recess.
REED, an arrow.
REEDIFIER, Fr. To rebuild.
RE-ENTERING angle, in fortification, is that which, turns its point towards the centre of the place. See [Fortification].
REFAIT, bois refait et remis à l’equerre, Fr. An expression used among French carpenters, and by the artificers belonging to the train, to signify any piece of wood which has been planed and made perfectly square and level.
REFEND, Fr. in architecture, a partition wall, viz. Mur de refend.
To RE-FORM, in a military sense, is after some manœuvre or evolution, to bring a line to its natural order, by aligning it on some given point. This frequently occurs in the passage of lines, &c. viz. When a line or several battalions hath passed another that remains posted, by retreating through by files, it may be reformed in the following manner:
To RE-FORM by a flank battalion, on a central battalion, in an oblique position.