enfilade
noun
- gunfire, from either flank, directed along the length of a column or line of troops
- a disposition or placement of troops that makes them vulnerable to such fire
transitive verb enfiladed, enfilading
to direct such gunfire at
See enfilade in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĕnˌfə-lādˈ, -lädˈ)
noun- Gunfire directed along the length of a target, such as a column of troops.
- A target vulnerable to sweeping gunfire.
- Architecture A linear arrangement of a series of interior doors, as to a suite of rooms, so as to provide a vista when the doors are open.
transitive verb en·fi·lad·ed,
en·fi·lad·ing,
en·fi·lades To rake with gunfire.
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