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Princeton's WordNet

  1. enfilade, enfilade firenoun

    gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation

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  1. enfilade fire

    Enfilade and defilade are concepts in military tactics used to describe a military formation's exposure to enemy fire. A formation or position is "in enfilade" if weapon fire can be directed along its longest axis. A unit or position is "in defilade" if it uses natural or artificial obstacles to shield or conceal itself from enfilade and hostile fire. The strategies, named by the English during the Hundred Years' War, use the French enfiler ("to put on a string or sling") and défiler ("to slip away or off") spoken by English nobility of the time.Enfilade fire—gunfire directed against an enfiladed formation or position—is also commonly known as "flanking fire". Raking fire is the equivalent term in naval warfare. Strafing, firing on targets from a flying platform, is often done with enfilade fire. It is a very advantageous, and much sought for, position for the attacking force.

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  1. enfilade fire

    Enfilade fire is a military term referring to gunfire directed along the longest axis of a target, such as a line of troops, a trench, or a long wall. This type of fire is highly effective because it can potentially hit multiple targets within a condensed area.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. enfilade fire

    Is that which sweeps a line of works or men from one end to the other; it is on land nearly the equivalent to "raking fire" at sea.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. enfilade fire

    Fire in the direction of the length of a parapet or a line of troops.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of enfilade fire in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of enfilade fire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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