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noun

Enfilade n.

A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line. (R.)

(Mil.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.

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Etymology of 'Enfilade'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Enfilade" Quotes from Famous Books

... their way into the Keep, knocked out a machine-gun, mounted on the second floor, by a desperate bombing attack. The officer held on in a most dauntless way to the position, until almost every man was either killed or wounded, unable to receive support, owing to the enfilade fire of ...

— Now It Can Be Told • Philip Gibbs

... armed, and ready for all emergencies, till broad daylight shows all clear and safe. At the first sound of the firing Lumsden jumped to his feet, and taking this inlying picquet, rushed out of camp at its head, and so posted it as to enfilade and hold in check the great body of Waziris who now darkened the skyline. Then, hastening back to camp, he reached it almost abreast of the five hundred, who ...

— The Story of the Guides • G. J. Younghusband

Words linked to "Enfilade" : gunshot, rake