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Verb
/ˈenfəˌlād/,/-ˌläd/,
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enfilades, plural;
  1. Direct a volley of gunfire along the length of (a target)

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

  1. rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction
  2. gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
  3. Enfilade and defilade are concepts in military tactics used to describe a military formation's exposure to enemy fire. In addition, enfilade fire is used to describe gunfire directed against an "enfiladed" formation or position. ...
  4. An enfilade, in architecture, is a suite of rooms formally aligned with each other. This was a common feature in grand European architecture from the Baroque period onwards, although there are earlier examples, such as the Vatican stanze. ...
  5. Enfilades are a class of tree data structures used in Project Xanadu designs of the 1970s and 1980s. Enfilades allow quick editing, versioning, retrieval and inter-comparison operations in a large, cross-linked hypertext database. ...
  6. To fire upon the length rather than the face of an enemy position; enfilading an enemy allows a varying range of fire to find targets while minimizing the amount of fire the enemy can return.
  7. (pronounced en-fuh-leyd) To fire along the length of an enemy's battle line.
  8. a type of B-tree structure fundamental to Udanax-green. It appears in Udanax-gold as well, but in a less important role. (But see Ent.)
  9. fire that rakes a line or position from end to end; flanking fire.
  10. a French term, signifying the alignment of all the doorways in a suite of rooms so as to create a vista when the doors are open, thus avoiding corridors. The word is also used to denote the alignment of mirrors in such a way as to create a similar set of vistas.
  11. to fire at targets in general linear formation along the direction of their front or flank
  12. An enfilade is most easily explained as an extra-long buffet. It extends in length to house three to four doors and an interior shelf. Drawers can also be figured into the design. Enfilades were favored in 18th -19th century France.
  13. To rake (a line of works, or troops, a road etc.) from end to end with a fire in the direction of its length. 1706.
  14. Describing the arrangement of Arrow Loops or Gun Ports whereby one could achieve a cross-fire and hit the enemy from the side.
  15. An apartment layout where rooms are "in a row" often off one long hallway; not usually desirable
  16. A French term used to refer to very long buffet that was popular in the 18th-19th centuries. It generally possesses four or more cupboard doors and sometimes includes drawers.
  17. Rooms in a formal series, usually with all the doorways on axis.
  18. To fire into a formation of troops from a position approximately on the extension of its principle axis.
  19. Connecting suites of rooms aligned along a single axis, an arrangement popular in Rococo architecture. Examples: Versailles, Sans Souci
  20. To fire at a body of troops from the side.
  21. interconnecting suite of rooms