defilade
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See also: défilade
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Enfilade_and_defilade.svg/220px-Enfilade_and_defilade.svg.png)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]defilade (third-person singular simple present defilades, present participle defilading, simple past and past participle defiladed)
- (transitive, military) To fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire.
- Synonym: (rare) defile
Noun
[edit]defilade (plural defilades)
- A fortification having such protection.
- Antonym: enfilade