6. (Mil. & Naval) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior
officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions,
etc.
7. pl. (Fort. & Mining) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
Return ball, a ball held by an elastic string so that it returns to the hand from which it is thrown, —
used as a plaything. — Return bend, a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous ends of two nearly
parallel pipes lying alongside or one above another. — Return day (Law), the day when the defendant
is to appear in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his proceedings. — Return flue, in a
steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their previous
movement in another flue. — Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of condensation
from a heater or radiator is conveyed back toward the boiler.
