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

The parados was fairly good, though in many places there was none at all.

From The Story of the "9th King's" in France by Roberts, Enos Herbert Glynne

Shelters were built mostly of timber and corrugated iron, strengthened with sandbags, and were generally in the parados of the trench.

From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.

He struggled to his feet and leaned over the parados with me.

From The Secret Battle by Herbert, A. P.

At every turn where the parados opened to the rear they stared you in the face, the damp, clammy, black mounds of clay with white crosses over them.

From The Red Horizon by MacGill, Patrick

The original parados was cut into fire steps, bomb blocks were built in "Little Willie" and "North Face," and the garrison generally reorganized.

From The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. by Hills, John David