defile

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My grandmother Defile who died with a bald head in a prison, because God had given her wings.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

And he tore open the envelope which Colonel Gilbert had handed to the peasant a couple of hours earlier in the Lancone Defile.

From The Isle of Unrest by Merriman, Henry Seton

In the fighting times the Defile of Donzère was a famous place in which to bring armies to a stand.

From The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)

Defile, dē-fīl′, or dē′fīl, v.i. to march off in file or line, or file by file.—n. a long narrow pass or way, in which troops can march only in file, or with a narrow front.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The ascent to this lake, through the famous Buam Defile, or Happy Pass, afforded some of the grandest scenery on our route through Asia.

From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell