(n.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
(n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.
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Sedan
Definition:
(n.) A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
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(1) Car sales are expected to drop across the industry this year: Fiat Chrysler has canceled all of its compact and midsize sedans and American automakers are bracing for a leaner 2017 after setting records in 2016.
(2) I'd rather have a sedan chair carried by four greased Egyptians.
(3) Having changed out of the white tracksuit he was wearing when he left Scotland into a dark suit and burgundy tie, Megrahi left the plane with the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif, who raised his hand to the crowd before they sped off in a convoy of white sedans.
(4) Photograph: wepods Several trials of autonomous vehicles are under way in the automotive and technology industries, from Tesla’s Model S sedan, which can change lanes with minimal driver input , to plans by Google and Daimler to introduce driverless vehicles.
(5) Aston Martin is planning to raise up to £150m from investors to move into new models such as crossover SUVs, luxury sedans and electric cars.
(6) The Palo Alto, California-based company currently makes one vehicle – the $70,000 Model S sedan – and is developing two others.
(7) Herbert Diess, chairman of the VW brand’s management board, and Heinz-Jakob Neusser, VW’s board member in charge of technical development, had planned to attend the event to introduce the latest version of the Passat mid-size sedan.
(8) Crossover SUVs – a cross between a family car and a sports car – sedans and hybrid models all feature in its plans.
(9) The driver of the sedan called 911 and California highway patrol officers responded.
(10) Oliver also suggests that Sedan have been led out at two recent Coupe de France finals by boars, while "FC Cologne has always employed a (real) goat as a mascot, I kid you not," chuckles Robert Sleigh.
(11) However, the gates were knocked down during the fighting for the capital and touring it in family sedans has now become the city's best day out.
(12) The electric tech mogul held a press conference on Friday to tell reporters how fast his old car goes with its new upgrade: zero to 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds, which would put the four-door sedan in a league with high-end sports cars like the most recent Lamborghini Murciélago.
(13) People with Model S sedans that were made earlier do not have the required sensors and would not be able to add them retroactively.
(14) The Model X was originally unveiled in 2012 alongside the first deliveries of the Model S sedan and was expected to go into production in 2013.
(15) UberX is a ride-sharing system, UberBlack provides sedans and UberLux is the company’s high-end offering.
(16) When BYD Auto launches one of China's first mass produced fully electric sedans later this year, it will be trying to conquer the world rather than save it.
(17) After I rebuked him for his impertinence in waiting in the wrong place, thereby delaying me for at least 12 seconds, he lead me out to his highly polished black Cadillac sedan.
(18) Ships teeming with rear spoilers for family sedans being turned away from the nation’s harbors.
(19) A couple emerge from a silver Sedan into an empty parking lot in north-eastern Dallas, Texas .
(20) Tesla Motors, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, makes its all-electric Model S sedan at the Fremont factory.