enfilade

Plural: enfilades

Noun

• gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
• A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
• Gunfire directed along the length of a target.
• A series of doors that provide a vista when open.

Verb

Verb Forms: enfiladed, enfilading, enfilades

• To sweep with gunfire along the length of a target.
• rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction
• To rake (something) with gunfire.
• To be directed toward (something) like enfilading gunfire.
• To arrange (rooms or other structures) in a row.

Examples

• Her opponent tried to ENFILADE his triple-word lane with blocking tiles.

Synonyms

enfilade fire, flank, flanking fire, raking fire

Antonyms

defilade

Anagrams of enfilade