Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To arrange (fortifications) in such a way as to give protection from enfilading and other fire.
- noun The act or procedure of defilading.
- noun A fortified position offering protection from enfilading and other fire.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In fortification, to arrange the plan and profile of (a fortification) so as to protect its lines from enfilading fire, and its interior from plunging or reverse fire. Also
defile . - noun That arrangement of a fortification by means of which its interior is concealed from an adversary on a neighboring height.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Mil.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
fortify something as aprotection fromenfilading fire . - noun A
fortification having such protection.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And, again, quite prominent pieces of terrain where you can have good what's called defilade fire but you have to be very careful about being isolated.
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I will tell you now that I shot only once in my military career, and that in so doing I murdered the woolen hat of my sergeant which he had lost leaping into a nearby defilade.
The light that draws the flower James Greer 2011
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I backed my way across the river with rifle leveled and took up a defilade and waited ...
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I backed my way across the river with rifle leveled and took up a defilade and waited ...
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Swagger started to rotate right, to get around the bumpers of both cars, flank the shooter, and take him down from the low defilade, even as he knew that if the guy was no idiot, he too would now be on the move, rotating also to the right.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Swagger started to rotate right, to get around the bumpers of both cars, flank the shooter, and take him down from the low defilade, even as he knew that if the guy was no idiot, he too would now be on the move, rotating also to the right.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Swagger started to rotate right, to get around the bumpers of both cars, flank the shooter, and take him down from the low defilade, even as he knew that if the guy was no idiot, he too would now be on the move, rotating also to the right.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Kitteh tank in defilade behine wall waitin for burdie squad to be lunches!
Delta squad had no idea - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I've been setting up enfilade fire from defilade positions, with aspects of grazing/plunging speculative fire suppression all morning.
Warning! Time Waster Ahead! Zoe Brain 2007
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The tanks and infantry should not go together because the tanks will be slowed down and the artillery fire that will fall on the tanks would cause casualties, and the infantry may be able to approach the objective from a direction unsuitable for tanks to take advantage of defilade. 37
Steel Victory Yeide, Harry 2003
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