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Military trench schematic, showing parados

A parados is a bank of earth built behind a trench or military emplacement to protect soldiers from attack from the rear or from enfiladement. [1]

Parados defilading a fortification

References

  1. ^ "parados". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Military trench schematic, showing parados

A parados is a bank of earth built behind a trench or military emplacement to protect soldiers from attack from the rear or from enfiladement. [1]

Parados defilading a fortification

References

  1. ^ "parados". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

External links


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