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parados

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Noun
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par=a=dos

CIDE DICTIONARY

paradosn. [F., fr. parer to defend + dos back, L. dorsum.].
     An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse.  Farrow.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

parados, n. an elevation of earth behind a fortified place as a protection against attack from the rear, esp. a mound along the back of a trench.

Etymology
F (as PARA-(2), dos back f. L dorsum)

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