Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
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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