[f. prec. + -AGE.] A screen or other structure used in fortification, sieges, etc., to protect from the enemy’s firing; a mantelet. = BLIND sb. 4.
1812. Wellington, in Gurw., Disp., IX. 196. Troops are well protected from the effects even of the heaviest fire of shells, by what are called blindages.
1882. E. O’Donovan, Merv Oasis, II. xxxiii. 69. The Turcomans having constructed blindages in connection with their huts.
