Dell vs Defile - What's the difference?
dell | defile | Related terms |
valley
* 1794, , lines 49-50
* Tickell
(obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
* Ben Jonson
to make impure; to make dirty.
A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
A single file, such as of soldiers.
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
(archaic) To march in a single file.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.138:
march-past
Dell is a related term of defile.
As a proper noun dell
is .As a noun defile is
fashion show.dell
English
Noun
(en noun)- To this day they dwell
- In a lonely dell .
- In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.
- Sweet doxies and dells .
Synonyms
* dale * dingle * vale * valley * See alsodefile
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(defil)Synonyms
* contaminate * polluteAntonyms
* purifyEtymology 2
Earlier (defilee), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)See also
* glenVerb
(defil)- They defiled down a gully to the water and bunched and jerked their noses at it and came back.