[en.fi.lade] n [F, fr. enfiler to thread, enfilade, fr. OF, to thread, fr. en- + fil thread--more at file] (ca. 1730) 1: an interconnected group of rooms arranged usu. in a row with each room opening into the next
2: gunfire directed from a flanking position along the length of an enemy battle line
[2]enfilade vt -lad.ed ; -lad.ing (1706): to rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction