Parados

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]

Parados defilading a fortification
Military trench schematic, showing parados
Not to be confused with parodos.

References
  1. "parados". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
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