defilade
verb
def·i·lade ˈde-fə-ˌlād 
-ˌläd
defiladed; defilading
transitive verb
: to arrange (fortifications) so as to protect the lines from frontal or enfilading fire and the interior from fire from above or behind
defilade noun
Word History
Etymology
probably from de- + -filade (as in enfilade)
First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above
- phytogenies
- phytogeny
- phytogeographer
- phytogeographers
- phytogeographic
- phytogeographical
- phytogeographically
- phytogeographies
- phytogeography
- phytoglobulin
- phytograph
- phytographers
- phytographies
- phytography
- phytohaemagglutinin
- phytohemagglutinin
- phytohemagglutinins
- phytohormone
- phytohormones
- phytoid
- Phytolacca
- Phytolaccaceae
- schavs
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