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Showing words for DEFILADE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Defilade

defilade

7 Letter Words for Defilade

defiled, felidae, fielded

6 Letter Words for Defilade

adelie, aedile, afield, aldide, daidle, defade, defail, defial, defied, defile, deflea, delead, dialed, elided, faddle, failed, fealed, fiddle, ideaed, laddie, laided, leaded, leafed

5 Letter Words for Defilade

addle, aided, ailed, alife, daled, dedal, deled, didal, didle, elfed, eliad, elide, faded, felid, fidel, field, filea, filed, flied, ideal, idled, laded

4 Letter Words for Defilade

aide, aiel, aile, alee, alef, alif, dade, dail, dale, dalf, dali, dead, deaf, deal, deda, deed, defi, deia, deid, deil, dele, delf, deli, dial, died, diel, eadi, eale, edda, edea, eide, eila, eild, fade, fail, feal, feed, feel, feil, fele, fide, fied, fiel, fila, file, flea, fled, flee, idea, idee, idle, ilea, lade, laid, lead, leaf, leda, lede, leed, leef, lied, lief, life

3 Letter Words for Defilade

add, ade, afd, aid, ail, ald, ale, alf, dad, dae, dal, dea, ded, dee, def, dei, del, dia, did, die, dif, dil, dle, ead, edd, eel, efl, ela, eld, elf, eli, fad, fed, fee, fei, fid, fie, fil, fld, ida, ide, ife, ile, lad, lai, lea, led, lee, lei, lid, lie, lif

Definitions for Defilade

[1] protection or shielding from hostile ground observation and flat projecting fire provided by an artificial or natural obstacle, as a hill.
[2] to shield from enemy fire by using natural or artificial obstacles.
[3] protection provided by obstacles against enemy crossfire from the rear, or observation
[4] the disposition of defensive fortifications to produce this protection
[5] to provide protection for by defilade

Words nearby Defilade

deficient number, deficit, deficit financing, deficit spending, defier, defilade, defile, define, defined, defined-benefit, definiendum

Origin of Defilade

1820–30; < French défil(er ), orig. to unthread (equivalent to dé- dis-1 + (en)filer to thread ≪ Latin fīlum thread) + French -ade -ade1

Word origin for Defilade

C19: see de- , enfilade