defilade

defilade
/def'euh layd"/, n., v., defiladed, defilading.
n.
1. protection or shielding from hostile ground observation and flat projecting fire provided by an artificial or natural obstacle, as a hill.
v.t.
2. to shield from enemy fire by using natural or artificial obstacles.
[1820-30; < F défil(er), orig. to unthread (equiv. to dé- DIS-1 + (en)filer to thread L filum thread) + F -ade -ADE1]

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