enfilade

Meanings

1. A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
2. Gunfire directed along the length of a target.
3. A series of doors that provide a vista when open.

1. To rake (something) with gunfire.
2. To be directed toward (something) like enfilading gunfire.
3. To arrange (rooms or other structures) in a row.

Etymology

Borrowed from French enfilade.