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Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-fuh-leyd, -lahd, en-fuh-leyd, -lahd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛn fəˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd, ˌɛn fəˈleɪd, -ˈlɑd


Definition of enfiladed

Origin :
  • 1706, from French enfilade, from Old French enfiler (13c.) "to thread (a needle) on a string, pierce from end to end," from en- "put on" (see en- (1)) + fil "thread" (see file (v.)).
  • Used of rows of apartments and lines of trees before modern military sense came to predominate. As a verb from 1706. Related: Enfiladed; enfilading.
  • As in rake : verb scrape up, hoe
Example sentences :
  • When Claude got free of the crowd, he enfiladed the line of doorways on the right hand.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • The deepest gorge was enfiladed by a party of tribesmen, with Martinis.
  • Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
  • They are very deep and zig-zag in shape so that they cannot be enfiladed.
  • Extract from : « Over the top with the 25th » by R. Lewis
  • You know how we build breastworks--sort of zigzag like, you know, so they cannot be enfiladed.
  • Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 2 » by John McElroy
  • If this was once in his possession, the whole line of the enemy could be enfiladed.
  • Extract from : « A History of England, Period III. » by Rev. J. Franck Bright
  • Because a line is enfiladed it does not follow that it cannot be held.
  • Extract from : « Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French » by Samuel Gibbs French
  • They were enfiladed by rifle and cannon, and the dead and wounded outnumbered the hale.
  • Extract from : « The Great Boer War » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Thirty pieces were planted there, which enfiladed both of Hooker's lines.
  • Extract from : « The Boys of '61 » by Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • The main arch is walled up to stop the projectiles that enfiladed it.
  • Extract from : « History of the Commune of 1871 » by P. Lissagary
  • We were running short of ammunition and our position was enfiladed.
  • Extract from : « Private Peat » by Harold R. Peat

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