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parados - What does it mean?

Definition of 'parados'

English

Noun

(parados)
  • (military) An embankment built to protect the rear of a position from enemy attack.
  • *1929 , (Frederic Manning), The Middle Parts of Fortune , Vintage 2014, p. 309:
  • *:He stood up on the step; and then they both swerved, ducking quickly as something ripped up the air between them, flicked a stone from the 'parados , and sang, like the vibration of a tense wire, into the air behind them.
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