Date: Sat Aug 5 00:20:31 EDT 1995
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--defilade
def.i.lade vt -lad.ed ; -lad.ing [prob. fr. de- + -filade (as in enfilade)] (1828): to arrange (fortifications) so as to protect the lines from frontal or enfilading fire and the interior from fire from above or behind -- defilade n