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Webster 1913 Edition
Defilade
Deˊfi-lade′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Defiladed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Defilading
.] (Mil.)
To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.
Definition 2024
defilade
defilade
See also: défilade
English
Verb
defilade (third-person singular simple present defilades, present participle defilading, simple past and past participle defiladed)
- (transitive) To fortify something as a protection from enfilading fire.
Noun
defilade (plural defilades)
- A fortification having such protection.