enfilade

Meaning

Noun

1. A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
2. Gunfire directed along the length of a target.
3. A series of doors that provide a vista when open.

Verb

1. (transitive) To rake (something) with gunfire.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To be directed toward (something) like enfilading gunfire.
3. (transitive) To arrange (rooms or other structures) in a row.

Opposite of

defilade

Synonyms

enfilade fire

rake

suite of rooms

strafe

raking fire

Translations

enfilade

infilata

crujía

colpire d’infilata

Bauflucht

Flucht

Reihe

sfilata

enfilar

Enfilade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛnfəlˈeɪd/

Etymology

Borrowed from French enfilade.