Associations to the word «Defilade»
Wiktionary
DEFILADE, verb. (transitive) To fortify something as a protection from enfilading fire.
DEFILADE, noun. A fortification having such protection.
Dictionary definition
DEFILADE, noun. The arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.