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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