defilade

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  1. transitive verb To arrange (fortifications) in such a way as to give protection from enfilading and other fire.
  2. noun The act or procedure of defilading.
  3. noun A fortified position offering protection from enfilading and other fire.

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  • This marked the first time that all three battalions of the 26th Marine Regiment had operated together in combat since the defilade near the Rao Quan River, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel and H&S Companies of 2 / 26 was immediately sent out to occupy Hill 558, with Echo Company 2 / 26 maning hill 861A. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The methane is cause by a close kreb's cycle-ish chemical loop resulting from all the sheeple with their heads in rectal defilade. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Much like the rectal defilade chris r is suffering from. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • "Mortars can shoot out of defilade," Yarborough said. —  Latest Articles
  • Dead space is created in front of a position in defilade on a slope.
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. de- + (en)filade.

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  1. from French defilade, n., from défiler, protect from enfilade (q. v.), defile: see defile.
  2. defile + -ade.
 

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/dɛfɪˈleɪd/
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