Antonyms for enfilade


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


Definition of enfilade

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 barrage : noun weapon fire
  • As in volley : noun barrage
  • As in gunfire : noun shot
  • As in rake : verb scrape up, hoe
Example sentences :
  • If successful, it was to enfilade the Wylie kopjes from that position.
  • Extract from : « Story of the War in South Africa » by Captain A. T. Mahan, U.S.N.
  • Half front your line that way so as not to let them enfilade you.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • It assists in protecting from enfilade, and affords a plunging fire.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • From Caribou Ridge the Turks could enfilade parts of our firing-line.
  • Extract from : « World's War Events, Vol. I » by Various
  • A machine gun of the Canterbury Regiment was posted to enfilade them.
  • Extract from : « New Zealanders at Gallipoli » by Major Fred Waite
  • For wherever wire is, machine guns are placed to enfilade it.
  • Extract from : « New Zealanders at Gallipoli » by Major Fred Waite
  • You will note that they enfilade our lines as we reach the bottom land.
  • Extract from : « Red Fleece » by Will Levington Comfort
  • Uncut wire and an enfilade from a redoubt which should have been blown up.
  • Extract from : « The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land » by Ralph Connor
  • To be sure they are, and if you sit still you will be able to enfilade them as they retreat.
  • Extract from : « A Double Knot » by George Manville Fenn
  • These precautions enabled the defenders to enfilade the approaching enemy.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Republic » by Charles Morris

Synonyms for enfilade

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