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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enfilade \En`fi*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfiladed}; p. pr
& vb n. {Enfilading}.] (Mil.)
To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the
length of as a work or a line of troops. --Campbell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enfilade \En`fi*lade"\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr enfiler to thread,
go trough a street or square, rake with shot; pref. en- (L.
in) + fil thread. See {File} a row.]
1. A line or straight passage, or the position of that which
lies in a straight line [R.]
2. (Mil.) A firing in the direction of the length of a
trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking
fire.
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