/en"feuh layd', -lahd', en'feuh layd", -lahd"/ , n. , v. , enfiladed, enfilading .
n.
1. Mil.
a. a position of works, troops, etc., making them subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of troops, a trench, a battery, etc.
b. the fire thus directed.
2. Archit.
a. an axial arrangement of doorways connecting a suite of rooms with a vista down the whole length of the suite.
b. an axial arrangement of mirrors on opposite sides of a room so as to give an effect of an infinitely long vista.
v.t.
3. Mil. to attack with an enfilade.
[ 1695-1705; enfil ( er ) to thread, string ( en- EN- 1 + -filer, deriv. of fil filum thread) + -ade -ADE 1 ]