blindage
[f. prec. + -age.]
A screen or other structure used in fortification, sieges, etc. to protect from the enemy's firing; a mantelet. = blind n. 4.
| 1812 Wellington in Gurw. Disp. IX. 196 Troops are well protected from the effects even of the heaviest fire of shells, by what are called blindages. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis II. xxxiii. 69 The Turcomans having constructed blindages in connection with their huts. |