Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
DEFILADE
defilade
(noun) the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
defilade (third-person singular simple present defilades, present participle defilading, simple past and past participle defiladed)
(transitive) To fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire.
Noun
defilade (plural defilades)
A fortification having such protection.
Anagrams
• defailed
Source: Wiktionary
De`fi*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defiladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Defilading.] Etym: [Cf. F. défiler to defile, and défilade act of defiling. See 1st Defile.] (Mil.)
Definition: To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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