defilading

Variant of defilade

transitive verb, intransitive verb defiladed, defilading

to arrange (troops and fortifications) so that the terrain will protect them, esp. from gunfire against either flank

Origin: < Fr défilade, a filing off, succession < défiler: see defile

noun

  1. the act of defilading
  2. the protection afforded by defilading
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