defile2
noun/dɪˈfaɪl/, /ˈdiːfaɪl/
/dɪˈfaɪl/, /ˈdiːfaɪl/
(formal)- a narrow way through mountainsWord Originlate 17th cent.: from French défilé (noun), défiler (verb), from dé ‘away from’ + file ‘column, file’.
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