| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Defilade.[Websters]
2. To have shielded, screened or bucklered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be sheltered.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb defilade.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (defilade) | 1. To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.[Websters]. 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: defilading, defiladed, defilades, defilader, defiladers, defiladingly and defiladedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEFILADED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: defilade
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Military | (DOD, NATO) 1. Protection from hostile observation and fire provided by an obstacle such as a hill, ridge, or bank. 2. A vertical distance by which a position is concealed from enemy observation. 3. To shield from enemy fire or observation by using natural or artificial obstacles. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: defilade
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Enfilade and defilade | Enfilade and defilade are military tactical concepts used to describe a fighting unit's exposure to enemy fire. In addition, enfilade fire is used to describe gunfire directed against an "enfiladed" unit or position. (references) | ||
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