enfilade
/ˈɛnfəˌleɪd/
noun
- A line of fire from a weapon that sweeps along the length of a target, such as a line of soldiers or a trench.
- The soldiers were caught in an enfilade and had to take cover.
- The machine gun created a deadly enfilade across the open field.
- The general ordered an enfilade to break the enemy's formation.
- A series of rooms or spaces arranged in a straight line, with doors aligned so that one can see through the entire sequence.
- The museum's enfilade of galleries allowed visitors to see from one end to the other.
- The architect designed an enfilade of interconnected offices.
- The palace featured a grand enfilade of reception rooms.
verb
- To fire along the length of a target, such as a line of soldiers or a trench.
- The snipers enfiladed the column of advancing troops.
- The commander ordered his men to enfilade the ridge.
- The artillery was positioned to enfilade the enemy trench.