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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Par·a·dos

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n. pl. Paradoses .

[F., fr. parer to defend + dos back, L. dorsum.]
(Fort.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse. Farrow.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction:

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1. An entrance to the orchestra, 1 of a Greek theater.
2. Earthworks behind a fortified place.

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