enfilade
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noun \ˈen-fə-ˌlād, -ˌläd\Definition of ENFILADE
1
: an interconnected group of rooms arranged usually in a row with each room opening into the next
2
: gunfire directed from a flanking position along the length of an enemy battle line
Origin of ENFILADE
French, from enfiler to thread, enfilade, from Old French, to thread, from en- + fil thread — more at file
First Known Use: circa 1730
Rhymes with ENFILADE
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2enfilade
transitive verbenfilad·edenfilad·ing
Definition of ENFILADE
: to rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction
First Known Use of ENFILADE
1706
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