enfilade in English
noun
1
a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
2
a suite of rooms with doorways in line with each other.
The following year, after Waterloo, work began on the improvements planned by Samuel Ware, who renovated and amended the great enfilade of Palladian reception rooms.
verb
1
direct a volley of gunfire along the length of (a target).
Knox gave the order, and the cannons blasted their deadly shot, enfilading the Germans and ripping apart the patrols.
Use "enfilade" in a sentence
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1. The company, on continuing its advance, came under heavy enfilade machine gun fire.