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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Enfilade

Ĕn'fi-lāde', n.

noun

n. [Fr., from enfiler, to thread, to go through a street or square, to rake with shot, from prefix en and fil, thread, Lat. filum; Sp. enfilar, It. infilare.] (Mil.) A line or straight passage; or the situation of a place or of a body of men which may be raked with shot through its whole length.

Enfilade fire (Mil.), one whose line of direction is in the prolongation of the line fired upon.

Ĕn'fi-lāde', v. t.

verbtransitive

(Synop., § 130), v. t. [imp. & p. p. ENFILADED; p. pr. & vb. n. ENFILADING.] [From the noun.] (Mil.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot through the whole length of, as a work or line of troops. Campbell.