DEHORS

Etymology

Noun

dehors

All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.

Preposition

dehors

(legal) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.

Anagrams

• Rhodes, Rohdes, hordes, horsed, reshod, shoder, shored

Source: Wiktionary


De*hors", prep. Etym: [F., outside.] (Law)

Definition: Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.

De*hors", n. (Mil.)

Definition: All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover. Farrow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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