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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Relais  \Re*lais"\  (re*l[asl]"),  n.  [F.  See  {Relay},  n.]  (Fort.) 
  A  narrow  space  between  the  foot  of  the  rampart  and  the  scarp 
  of  the  ditch,  serving  to  receive  the  earth  that  may  crumble 
  off  or  be  washed  down  and  prevent  its  falling  into  the 
  ditch.  --Wilhelm. 

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