Obs. Also 6 extraduccion. [f. L. extrā + ductiōn-em a leading, n. of action f. dūcĕre to lead.]
a. A conclusion (to a book); opposed to introduction. b. Mil. The bringing a line of musketeers to the front from the rear of a body of pikemen.
1533. More, Debell. Salem, i. Wks. 932/2. So shoulde he haue called those three chapiters after hys matter, an extraduccion.
1635. Barriffe, Mil. Discip., lxxx. (1643), 228. The next Firing … to demonstrate shall be by way of Extraduction: which is also a firing in front. Ibid., lxxxii. 236. The body standing in this forme, the Musquetiers may sleeve up by way of Extraduction.
