Synonyms for enfiladed
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : en-fuh-leyd, -lahd, en-fuh-leyd, -lahd |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛn fəˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd, ˌɛn fəˈleɪd, -ˈlɑd |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for enfiladed
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