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paradoses

paradoses


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parados  \Par`a*dos\,  n.;  pl  {Paradoses}.  [F.,  fr  parer  to 
  defend  +  dos  back  L.  dorsum.]  (Fort.) 
  An  intercepting  mound,  erected  in  any  part  of  a  fortification 
  to  protect  the  defenders  from  a  rear  or  ricochet  fire;  a 
  traverse.  --Farrow.