enfilade

IPA: ˈɛnfɪɫˈɑd

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.

(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.

Examples of "enfilade" in Sentences

Views through doorways, echoing traditional enfilade arrangements, permit comparisons.
The can get a perfect enfilade on the redoubts so we are going to strengthen the traverses.
But 'enfilade' is in my top 5 most awesomest things ever, and 'one armed scissor' rocks my world.
Set within an arch above the grand staircase, it had as a backdrop a dramatic enfilade of columns.
Charlotte Moss This window in a hornbeam hedge at d'Orsan provides a view of the enfilade of outdoor rooms.
"Soane's enfilade at Dulwich Picture Gallery is one of the great jewels in the world," says gallery Director Ian Dejardin.
The master bath, dining space and living space are arranged enfilade about a centerline that leads through a double-height window wall to a sculpture garden and the park beyond.
Though the two made a point of being cordial to each other after World War I, Donovan confided to Putzell that he always resented MacArthur being so slow to protect his right flank from the murderous enfilade at Landres-et-Saint-Georges.
For now I saw what Lew had seen - the fool was never going to wheel, he was taking the Light Brigade straight into the heart of the Russian army, towards those massive batteries at the valley foot, that were already belching at us, while the cannon on either side were raking us from the flanks, trapping us in a terrible enfilade that must smash the whole command to pieces.