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DEFILADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defilade mean?
• DEFILADE (noun)
The noun DEFILADE has 1 sense:
1. the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
Familiarity information: DEFILADE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("defilade" is a kind of...):
fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)
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