LekhoriLekhoriTo make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
[…] It is an euil birde that defiles his owne neſt, […]
To march in a single file or line; to file.
Without delay, he briſkly attacked them, as they were defiling from a lane and forming themſelves.
Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”).
A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
VVe had one dangerous Place to paſs, vvhich our Guide told us, if there vvere any more VVolves in the Country, vve ſhould find them there; and this vvas in a ſmall Plain, ſurrounded vvith VVoods on every Side, and a long narrovv Defile or Lane, vvhich vve vvere to paſs to get through the VVood, and then vve ſhould come to the Village vvhere vve vvere to lodge.
An act of marching in files or lines.
From Late Middle English defilen (“to make dirty, befoul; rape; abuse; destroy; injure; oppress”) [and other forms], a variant of defoulen (“to make dirty, defile, pollute; have sexual intercourse wit...
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An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.