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Webster 1913 Edition

Defilade

Deˊfi-lade′

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Defiladed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Defilading

.]

[Cf. F.

défiler

to defile, and

défilade

act of defiling. See 1st

.]

(Mil.)

To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.