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Definitions for Enfilade
[1] Military . a position of works, troops, etc., making them subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of troops, a trench, a battery, etc. the fire thus directed.
[2] Architecture . an axial arrangement of doorways connecting a suite of rooms with a vista down the whole length of the suite. an axial arrangement of mirrors on opposite sides of a room so as to give an effect of an infinitely long vista.
[3] Military . to attack with an enfilade.
[4] a position or formation subject to fire from a flank along the length of its front
[5] to subject (a position or formation) to fire from a flank
[6] to position (troops or guns) so as to be able to fire at a flank
Words related to Enfilade
shower, salvo, hail, fusillade, bombardment, storm, volley, blast, gunfire, burst, firing, crossfire, shooting, thunder, artillery, barrage, detonation, comb, scour, scrape
Words nearby Enfilade
enfeoff, enfetter, enfever, enfield, enfield rifle, enfilade, enfin, enflame, enfleurage, enflurane, enfold
Origin of Enfilade
1695–1705; < French, equivalent to enfil(er ) to thread, string (en- en-1 + -filer, derivative of fil < Latin fīlum thread) + -ade -ade1
Other words from Enfilade
un·en·fi·lad·ed , adjective
Word origin for Enfilade
C18: from French: suite, from enfiler to thread on string, from fil thread
Synonyms for Enfilade
blast, bombardment, fusillade, gunfire, hail, salvo, shelling, shower, storm, volley, battery, broadside, cannonade, crossfire, discharge, fire, curtain of fire