Definition of Defiliment
De*file"ment (?), n. [Cf. F.
défilement. See Defile] (Mil.) 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.
De*file"ment, n. [From 3d
Defile.] The act of defiling, or state of being defiled,
whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness;
uncleanness.
Defilements of the flesh.
Hopkins.
The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger
of defilement. Addison.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the act of defiling
- the state of being defiled
- pollution
- pollution
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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