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enfilade::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | enfilade fire |
| Type of | gunfire, gunshot |
enfilade::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | rake |
Examples of enfilade
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A single enfilade of ten principal rooms forms the south-facing corps de logis.
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The Hindenburg Line was attacked in enfilade, or diagonally, as can be seen from the map.
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The gallery leads to the enfilade of state rooms, all of which have been fully restored.
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The regiment attacked the Ottomans in enfilade and forced them back.
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This allowed them to get enfilade fire into the Confederate line, turning it into a deadly trap.
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This would ensure that the southern flank could advance without suffering German enfilade fire.
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From the Officer's Hall the enfilade continues to the Blue Room.
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Inside the palace the State Rooms Wing was restyled and the enfilade of state apartments created.
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Illustrating a circuit of rooms rather than an enfilade.
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- Rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction
- Gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
- 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. ...
- 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. ...
- 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. ...
- 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.
- (pronounced en-fuh-leyd) To fire along the length of an enemy's battle line.
- 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.)
- Fire that rakes a line or position from end to end; flanking fire.
