retracted

simple past and past participle of retractform-ofparticiplepast

Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.

Pronounced further back in the vocal tract.

• My guess is that he substitutes a schwa sound for the retracted r in final position.

Couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the main direction.

• Pale, retracted, that is, shortened. It is a French term, used when pales are borne cut off, either pendent from the chief, or issuant from the base, which should be particularly noticed in the blazon.
• RETRACTED, said of charges when borne one shorter than another; as, three pales or palets issuant from the chief, retracted, that is, cut off bend ways, and hanging of different lengths.