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defilade

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def⋅i⋅lade

  [def-uh-leyd] noun, verb, -lad⋅ed, -lad⋅ing.
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–noun
1. protection or shielding from hostile ground observation and flat projecting fire provided by an artificial or natural obstacle, as a hill.
–verb (used with object)
2. to shield from enemy fire by using natural or artificial obstacles.
Origin:
1820–30; < F défil(er), orig. to unthread (equiv. to dé- dis- 1 + (en)filer to thread ≪ L fīlum thread) + F -ade -ade 1
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def·i·lade   (děf'ə-lād', -läd')   
tr.v.   def·i·lad·ed, def·i·lad·ing, def·i·lades
To arrange (fortifications) in such a way as to give protection from enfilading and other fire.
n.  

  1. The act or procedure of defilading.

  2. A fortified position offering protection from enfilading and other fire.


[de- + (en)filade.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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