defilade 的 2 个定义
- protection or shielding from hostile ground observation and flat projecting fire provided by an artificial or natural obstacle, as a hill.
def·i·lad·ed, def·i·lad·ing.
- to shield from enemy fire by using natural or artificial obstacles.
更多defilade例句
- One man makes it across the defilade on the beach and another does not.
- Luckily, they soon got under some excellent defilade, but not until they had suffered heavily.
- This position commanded Fort Sanders, so that it now became necessary to defilade the fort.
- In its construction the principles of defilade have been completely ignored.