parados

American  

[par-uh-dos] / ˈpær əˌdɒs /

noun

Fortification.

1. a bank of earth built behind a trench or military emplacement to protect soldiers from a surprise attack from the rear.

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parados British  

/ ˈpærəˌdɒs /

noun

1. a bank behind a trench or other fortification, giving protection from being fired on from the rear

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Etymology

Origin of parados

From French, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at para- ², reredos

Example Sentences

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parados

Corporal Puzzeau understood also, and his eyes danced as Dennis bounded along the top of the parados towards the retreating company.

From With Haig on the Somme by Webb, Archibald

One party worked along Jones Street towards the right, some moving in the trench, some along the parados.

From The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) by Cruttwell, C. R. M. F. (Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser)

Already the parados was lined with newly-made firing positions, that gave the sentry view of the German trench some forty or fifty yards in front.

From The Red Horizon by MacGill, Patrick

I do not think there was any real parados.

From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George

We drew tools at Potijze dump, proceeded up Strand, which has been badly knocked about by shells, and repaired the parapet and parados of the front line to left and right of Strand.

From At Ypres with Best-Dunkley by Floyd, Thomas Hope