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A parados is a bank of earth built behind a trench or military emplacement to protect soldiers from attack from the rear or from enfiladement.[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ "parados". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)