10-11-2022, 09:52 AM
(10-11-2022, 08:28 AM)John1 Wrote: "If I understand this correctly the battlefield is less a defile more of a valley." Dadala
having a re-read and wanted to clarify this comment. In my interpretation a defile is a valley, a particularly narrow and steep sided one. That seems to be in line with the Miriam Webster definition:
"narrow passage as between hills, rocks or cliffs"
Am I missing some subtlety of definition between valley and defile? On site the CS topography seems the best fit for the definition I am working to...
Remember that 'defile' is only a translation. According to my dictionary, fauces can also mean 'a narrow way, narrow outlet, pass', so I am quite happy to see it as a narrow valley.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
