def|i|lade

def|i|lade
def|i|lade «DEHF uh LAYD», verb, -lad|ed, -lad|ing, noun.
–v.t., v.i.
to arrange the position of (troops, a fortification, tanks, or artillery) against enemy fire, especially to secure shelter through protective terrain against fire from the side (enfilading fire) and against plunging fire from nearby heights.
–n.
the act or operation of defilading.
[< French défiler; see etym. under defile2 (Cf.defile). Compare etym. under enfilade. (Cf.enfilade)]

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