Look up: defilade


  1. defilade
    [n] - the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=defilade

  2. Defilade
    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.
    Found op http://www.tea-and-medals.co.uk/glossary.htm

  3. Defilade
    De`fi·lade' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Defiladed ; present participle & verbal noun Defilading .] [ Confer French défiler to defile, and défilade act of...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/23

  4. defilade
    noun the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=defilade

  5. Defilade
    • (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/defilade/

  6. defilade
    1) Fortification 2) Fortified position offering protection from enemy fire 3) Munition
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/defilade/1

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