retraitEtymologyFrom Middle French retrait. Doublet of retract, retreat, and ritratto.retrait means Retired. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.adjRetired.Not shown in full, but cut off at point it touches the edge of the shield, an ordinary, etc, as if retreating or withdrawn into that edge, ordinary, etc. (Compare issuant, naissant.)“KETHEL in Holland uses, Azure, a pale retrait in chief (i.e., a demi-pal) soutenu by a chevron between three cauldrons or.”nounA picture or other visual representation.“She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare […]”