defile

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

rare transitive

(transitive, military, rare) Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”)

Japanese Meaning

防御のために要塞や塹壕などで固め、敵の側面からの砲撃（enfilading fire）を避けるための防御陣地を構築すること

To protect the convoy from enfilading fire, the sappers defile the ridge by building earthen parapets and revetments.

工兵たちは車列が側面射撃にさらされないよう、尾根に土塁や護岸を築いて防御陣地を整備した。

Sense（1）

(transitive, military, rare) Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”)

defiles

（ present singular third-person ）

defiling

（ participle present ）

defiled

（ participle past ）

defiled

（ past ）