defilade

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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def=i=lade

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun defilade has 1 sense

OXFORD DICTIONARY

defilade, v. & n.
--v.tr. secure (a fortification) against enfilading fire.
--n. this precaution or arrangement.

Etymology
DEFILE(2) + -ADE

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