enfiladed

Variant of enfilade

noun

  1. gunfire, from either flank, directed along the length of a column or line of troops
  2. a disposition or placement of troops that makes them vulnerable to such fire

Origin: Fr < enfiler, to thread, string, rake with fire < OFr < en- (L in) + fil (L filum), a thread

transitive verb enfiladed, enfilading

to direct such gunfire at
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