- (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
- (n.) The act of defiling or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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