Meaning

1 senses

  1. A fortification having such protection.

More definitions
  • the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Enfilade and defilade are concepts in military tactics used to describe a military formation's exposure to enemy fire.

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Forms

plural: defilades
Singulardefilade
Pluraldefilades

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms
enfilade

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
deficiencyB1deficientC2deficitB2defiledefineB1

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