Associations to the word «Enfilade»

Wiktionary

ENFILADE, noun. A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
ENFILADE, noun. Gunfire directed along the length of a target.
ENFILADE, noun. (architecture) A series of doors that provide a vista when open.
ENFILADE, verb. (transitive) to rake something with gunfire

Dictionary definition

ENFILADE, noun. Gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation.
ENFILADE, verb. Rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin