Enfilade (Noun)
Meaning
Gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The machine gun team positioned themselves to deliver a deadly enfilade down the length of the enemy's exposed flank.
- As the troops formed up in a long column, they presented a vulnerable target for an enfilade attack.
- To minimize their exposure to enfilade fire, the company commander ordered his men to advance in short, dispersed waves.
- The enemy artillery opened up with a devastating enfilade that ripped through the length of the defensive position.
- The fortified wall protected the troops from frontal attacks but left them vulnerable to enfilade fire from the left flank.