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enfilade

enfilade is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Mil.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.
  2. 2.To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops. Campbell.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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