Retrait

From Middle French retrait.

Full definition of retrait

Noun

1. (obsolete) A picture or other visual representation.
• Spenser Faerie Queene, II.ix:She is the mighty Queene of Faerie,
  Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare ....

Variant forms.

Noun

1. Obsolete form of retreat
• 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:Cyrus was his second Brother: who gave the occasion of that memorable work, and almost miraculous retrait of Xenophon.

Anagrams

• rattier, tartier