Defilade

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  • transitive verb. To arrange (fortifications) in such a way as to give protection from enfilading and other fire.
  • noun. The act or procedure of defilading.
  • noun. A fortified position offering protection from enfilading and other fire.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In fortification, to arrange the plan and profile of (a fortification) so as to protect its lines from enfilading fire, and its interior from plunging or reverse fire. Also defile.
  • noun. That arrangement of a fortification by means of which its interior is concealed from an adversary on a neighboring height.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To fortify something as a protection from enfilading fire.
  • noun. A fortification having such protection.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
    • Word Usage
    "And, again, quite prominent pieces of terrain where you can have good what's called defilade fire but you have to be very careful about being isolated."
    cross-reference
    enfilade  
    Form
    defiladed  defilading  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fortification  munition  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    democratisation  demurrer  descend  disrobing  enucleation  
    verb-form
    defiladed  defilades  defilading  
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