defiles's Usage Examples:

To cut Alexander's communications with the rear, Darius now committed the error of entangling his large force in the mountain defiles.

Thus the main routes from Kabul to Afghan Turkestan must cross either one or other of these ranges, and must traverse one or other of the terrific defiles which have been carved out of them by the upper tributaries of the rivers running northwards towards the Oxus.

A few defiles pass through this barrier to the other side of the north Greek watershed.

Beyond Axat its course again lies through defiles which become less profound as the river nears Carcassonne.

They were sufficiently occupied in collecting the wounded and clearing up the confusion resulting from an accumulation of trains and transport in the defiles of Gorze and about Noveaut.

The Curaray has its sources in the defiles of the Cerros de Llanganati, and flows south-eastward to the Napo, its length being estimated at 490 m.

Shortly after crossing the Bohemian-Saxon frontier, and whilst still struggling through the sandstone defiles, the stream assumes a north-westerly direction, which on the whole it preserves right away to the North Sea.

This was accomplished without much difficulty, but the main body was still in the defiles in rear, when about 3 p.

But all routes are difficult, winding between granite and limestone rocks, and abounding in narrow defiles and rugged torrent beds.

The largest of the eastward-flowing rivers is the Napo, which rises in the eastern defiles of Cotopaxi and Sincholagua - the principal source being the Rio del Valle, which traverses the Valle Vicioso.

In the basin of the gorges Moray Firth some fine examples may be seen on the Nairn and Findhorn, while on the west side of the Cromarty Firth some of the small streams descending from the high grounds of the east of the shire of Ross and Cromarty have cut out defiles in the Conglomerates, remarkable for their depth and narrowness.

Any one of these can pass on its sacred quality to other persons and objects (as a corpse defiles the mourner and his clothes), nay to actions, places and times as well (as a corpse will likewise cause work to be tabooed, ground to be set apart, a holy season to be observed).

There are castes whose touch defiles the twice-born, but who do not commit the crowning enormity of eating beef.

Synonyms:

notch, gorge, pass, mountain pass,

Antonyms:

clear up, brighten, pure, clean, cleanness,