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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defilement \De*file"ment\, noun [Cf. F. d['e]filement. See {Defile}] (Mil.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defilement \De*file"ment\, noun [From 3d {Defile}.] The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
Defilements of the flesh. --Hopkins.
The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
defilement
noun: the state of being polluted [syn: {befoulment}, {pollution}]
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