Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for enfilading

Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word



Antonyms for enfilading

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


Definition of enfilading

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 :
  • There is not a break in the enfilading circle through which he might make a dash.
  • Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid
  • They swept him with an enfilading fire, and he, too, was compelled to retreat or be cut off.
  • Extract from : « Following the Flag » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • It looked as if the youth must be exposed to the enfilading fire of one of his enemies.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Trail » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Still stronger than these were the traverses, which prevented an enfilading fire.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Strange Career » by Anonymous
  • From this spot Tibetan riflemen were enfilading our troops held in reserve.
  • Extract from : « The Unveiling of Lhasa » by Edmund Candler
  • "It's what you call an enfilading movement," said Sherman quietly.
  • Extract from : « Port O' Gold » by Louis John Stellman
  • To prevent him from enfilading it with his shells, it had been cut in zigzags.
  • Extract from : « In the Field (1914-1915) » by Marcel Dupont
  • During this action each side successively suffered from an enfilading fire, and General Ashby was killed.
  • Extract from : « Campfire and Battlefield » by Rossiter Johnson
  • A salient is weak because almost any fire directed against it becomes an enfilading fire for one or another part of it.
  • Extract from : « Campfire and Battlefield » by Rossiter Johnson
  • Moreover, an enfilading fire from the north bank was thwarted by traverses—intrenchments at right angles to the main line.
  • Extract from : « Campfire and Battlefield » by Rossiter Johnson

Synonyms for enfilading

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019