Enfilade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Gunfire directed along the length of a target, such as a column of troops.
  • n. A target vulnerable to sweeping gunfire.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To rake with gunfire.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. gunfire directed along the length of a target
  • n. a series of doors that provide a vista when open
  • v. to rake something with gunfire
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
  • n. A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.
  • v. To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Milit., a line or straight passage; specifically, the situation of a place, or of a body of men, which may be raked with shot through its whole length.
  • Milit., to pierce, scour, or rake with shot through the whole length, as a work or line of troops; be in a position to attack (a military work or a line of troops) in this manner.
  • n. Milit., An infantry or artillery fire which sweeps a line of works or men from flank to flank.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
  • v. rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction
  • Verb Form
    enfiladed    enfilades    enfilading   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gunfire    gunshot    rake   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    enfiladed    enfilading   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rake    flanking fire    raking fire    flank   
    Same Context
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