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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... and daily for the next seven days, the Battalion was heavily shelled, and suffered a high percentage of casualties, chiefly from enfilade fire. ...

— Short History of the London Rifle Brigade • Unknown

... commanding the Division, ordered the 1st (Guards) Brigade (1st Batt. Coldstream Guards, 1st Batt. Scots Guards, 1st Batt. Black Watch and 1st Batt. Cameron Highlanders) north of the road to be ready to enfilade the ...

— 1914 • John French, Viscount of Ypres

... us. Throughout the affair he showed a remarkably poor stomach for gun-fire, and this was his undoing. Moreover, he was tempted by the poorness of our cover on our right to attempt to outflank and enfilade us there. Accordingly, partly to get cover from our two central guns and partly to outflank us, he sent the whole of his left wing to the left of Firely Church, where, except for the gun, it became almost a negligible quantity. The gun came out between the ...

— Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books • H. G. Wells

Words linked to "Enfilade" : gunfire, gunshot, enfilade fire