enfilade
IPA: ˈɛnfɪɫˈɑd
noun
- A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
- Gunfire directed along the length of a target.
- (architecture) A series of doors that provide a vista when open.
verb
- (transitive) To rake (something) with gunfire.
- (figuratively, transitive) To be directed toward (something) like enfilading gunfire.
- (architecture, transitive) To arrange (rooms or other structures) in a row.
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Examples of "enfilade" in Sentences
- The second is actually an enfilade of 4 rooms.
- The first three courts are arranged in enfilade.
- The battery was therefore vulnerable to enfilade.
- In military terms, this is known as enfilade fire.
- Corner towers enfilade the two adjoining wall faces.
- Text is stored directly in the leaves of the enfilade.
- Illustrating a circuit of rooms rather than an enfilade.
- The Nicholas Hall is located in the centre of the enfilade.
- Close order tactics were succeeded by enfilade and defilade.
- The enemy was pouring enfilade fire into the ranks of the Marines.
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