"defoul" meaning in English

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        "To trample underfoot."
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          "text": "Then Sir Galahad began to break spears marvelously, that all men had wonder of him; for he there surmounted all other knights, for within a while he had defouled many good knights of the Table Round save twain, that was Sir Launcelot and Sir Percivale.",
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        "To physically crush or break."
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        "(obsolete) To physically crush or break."
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        "To oppress, keep down."
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        "(obsolete) To oppress, keep down."
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      "word": "defoil"
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