Enfilade - English meaning
Enfilade – definitions in English dictionary
nounA volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
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They were mown down by an enfilade of artillerynounA suite of rooms with doorways in line with each other.
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verbDirect a volley of gunfire along the length of (a target).
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A sweeping crossfire enfiladed our riflemen
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Word origin
early 18th century (denoting the position of a military post commanding the length of a line): from French, from enfiler ‘thread on a string, pierce from end to end’, from en- ‘in, on’ + fil
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