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UK
/ɛnfˈɪleɪd/
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NOUN
- gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
VERB
- rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction
How To Use enfilade In A Sentence
- Meanwhile the enemy, desperate but still confident, poured in a heavy fire from his line and from a battery which enfiladed the Brook road, and made Yellow Tavern an uncomfortably hot place. She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories
- Charlotte Moss This window in a hornbeam hedge at d'Orsan provides a view of the enfilade of outdoor rooms. Stately French Gardens
- The master bath, dining space and living space are arranged enfilade about a centerline that leads through a double-height window wall to a sculpture garden and the park beyond. Vanguard Way House by Morrison Seifert Murphy
- Set within an arch above the grand staircase, it had as a backdrop a dramatic enfilade of columns. Michael Henry Adams: Saluting the Met's Gay Gala!
- On their left flank, Stuart pushed forward at least a dozen cannon, which enfiladed the Federal ranks. Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
- Architecturally, the original house had a very strong enfilade, which he extended with a new dining area and courtyard, treated here as an outdoor room.
- When fully open, there is a wonderful journey from the grand first gallery to the cross-axial connection to galleries two and three, and then on to the stepped enfilade of galleries three, four and five.
- Sullivan lifted the second story of his house onto piers holding it over the enfilade of the first floor and its high brick basement.
- Soane's enfilade at Dulwich Picture Gallery is one of the great jewels in the world," says gallery Director Ian Dejardin. Dulwich's 200-Year-Old Jewel
- He insisted that the column of attack would be enfiladed from Round Top. LEE’S LIEUTENANTS