Defilement
Defilement , noun
[Compare French défilement. See Defile]
(Military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
Defilement , noun
[From 3d Defile.]
The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
Defilements of the flesh.
The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement.