enfilade

as inbarrage

as involley
as ingunfire
as inrake

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Synonyms for enfilade

noun weapon fire

More words related to enfilade

barrage

noun. weapon fire

gunfire

noun. shot

rake

verb. scrape up, hoe

raking

verb. scrape up, hoe

volley

noun. barrage

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for enfilade

If successful, it was to enfilade the Wylie kopjes from that position.

Half front your line that way so as not to let them enfilade you.

It assists in protecting from enfilade, and affords a plunging fire.

From Caribou Ridge the Turks could enfilade parts of our firing-line.

A machine gun of the Canterbury Regiment was posted to enfilade them.

For wherever wire is, machine guns are placed to enfilade it.

You will note that they enfilade our lines as we reach the bottom land.

Uncut wire and an enfilade from a redoubt which should have been blown up.

To be sure they are, and if you sit still you will be able to enfilade them as they retreat.

These precautions enabled the defenders to enfilade the approaching enemy.