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DEFILE

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 926 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DAH-DEM
DEFILE , a military expression for a passage, to
march
  through which troops are compelled to " defile," or narrow their front (from the Fr. defiler, to
march
  in a line, or by" files "). The word is usually applied to a ravine or gorge in a range of hills, but a causeway over a river, a
bridge
  and even a
village
  may equally be called a defile. The
term
  is also used to
express
 , without any
special
  reference to military operations, a gorge in mountains. The verb " to defile " is used of troops marching on a narrow front, or narrowing their front, under all circumstances, and in this sense is the contrary of " deploy."
"Defile," in the sense of "pollute," is another form of " defoul "; though spelt alike, the two words are pronounced differently, the
accent
  being on the first syllable for the former and on the second for the latter.


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