Archaic: used in older literature to mean ‘a place of retreat’; still encountered in historical texts.
Definitionen
Archaic: a place or state of seclusion or retreat; privacy. He sought a quiet retire in the countryside where no one would disturb him.
Archaic, Military: a bugle call or drumbeat signaling troops to withdraw or return to quarters. As night fell, the sound of the retire reverberated through the camp, calling the soldiers back to their tents.