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2 definitions found 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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