enfiladen.

/ɛnfɪˈleɪd/

Etymology: < French enfilade, < enfiler to thread on a string, hence to pierce or traverse from end to end, < en- (see en- prefix¹) + fil thread.

†1. A suite of apartments, whose doorways are placed opposite to each other. Hence in phrase, in enfilade. Also applied to a long ‘vista’, as between rows of trees, etc. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > long narrow opening

vista1671

glidec1710

enfilade1727

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun] > others

enfilade1727

subhouse1818

showroom1863

master suite1966

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Garden Groves form'd of Rows of Fruit-trees and Forest-trees..make..very agreeable Enfilades.

1730 S. Gale Tour through England in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1781) i. 41 Rooms which..are placed in enfilade.

1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xxxviii The trees have swelled out beyond the line traced for them, and destroyed the enfilade, by advancing into the walks, or retiring from them.

1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. viii. 126 An enfilade of correspondent gates.

1803 H. Repton Observ. Landscape Gardening viii. 105 A magnificent enfilade through a long line of principal apartments.

2. Military.

†a. (See quot.) Obsolete.

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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Enfilade [in Military Affairs] is the Situation of a Post, so that it can discover and scour all the length of a straight line.

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Enfilade,..In the Art of War, the Situation of a Post, that can discover and scour all the Length of a straight Line.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

b. A ‘fire’ from artillery or musketry which sweeps a line of works or men from one end to the other. Also attributive in enfilade fire.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing

point and blank1590

false fire1602

potting1613

point-blank1614

running fire1629

pounding1633

bulleting1635

platooning1706

sharp-shot1725

street firing1727

ricochet1740

fire curtain1744

plunging fire1747

reverse fire1758

sniping1773

enfilade1796

rapid fire1800

line-firing1802

concentric1804

sharpshooting1806

rake1810

sniping fire1821

cross-firing1837

file-firing1837

curved fire1854

night firing1856

file-fire1857

volley-firing1859

cross-fire1860

joy-firing1864

snap-shooting1872

stringing1873

pot-shooting1874

indirect fire1879

sweeping1907

rapid1913

curtain of fire1916

ripple1939

ripple-firing1940

ripple fire1961

1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 232 Its [sc. the echelon's] prolongation shall..not be exposed to an enfilade.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 286 You would have iron guns instead of brass for your enfilade.

1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvi. 343 Threatening..his batteries with an enfilade fire.

1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xxv. 518 The space within the works..was exposed to enfilade.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

enfiladev.

/ɛnfɪˈleɪd/

Etymology: < enfilade n.

†1. transitive. To set (trees) so as to form an enfilade. Obsolete (nonce-use.)

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1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Quincunx Take care that the trees be well squar'd or laid out by a line, and, as it were, enfiladed one with another.

a. Military. To subject to an enfilade; to ‘rake’ or to be in a position to ‘rake’ (a line of fortification, a line of troops, a road, etc.) from end to end with a fire in the direction of its length.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > assail with gunfire > rake

scour1563

rake1596

overrake1599

berake1685

enfilade1706

sweep1748

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Enfilade, or Enfile the Courtin, Rampart, etc., is to scour or sweep the whole length of such a Work with the Shot.

a1755 Expedition to Carthagena (J.) The avenues, being cut through the wood in right lines, were enfiladed by the Spanish cannon.

1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide A work is said to be enfiladed when a gun can be fired into it, so that the shot may go all along the inside of the parapet.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 357 This success made it an operation of no difficulty to enfilade the enemy's position on the left bank.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. v. 159 The bridge..was enfiladed by the enemy's cannon.

1879 C. R. Low Jrnl. Gen. Abbott iv. 333 Our course..was completely enfiladed by a stone breastwork.

b. transferred.

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a1845 R. H. Barham Jerry Jarvis's Wig in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 323 The level beams of the rising or setting sun, as they happened to enfilade the gorge.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxiv. 130 The bow-window of the Club..enfilades Pall Mall.

Derivatives

enfiˈladed adj.

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1812 Examiner 14 Sept. 581/1 Two enfiladed batteries.

enfiˈlading adj.

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1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 33 The continued fire of the first or enfilading batteries.

1866 Harvard Mem. Biog. N. L. Abbott II. 101 The Twentieth..advanced..under an enfilading fire of artillery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	enfilade
释义	enfiladen. /ɛnfɪˈleɪd/ Etymology: < French enfilade, < enfiler to thread on a string, hence to pierce or traverse from end to end, < en- (see en- prefix¹) + fil thread. †1. A suite of apartments, whose doorways are placed opposite to each other. Hence in phrase, in enfilade. Also applied to a long ‘vista’, as between rows of trees, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > long narrow opening vista1671 glidec1710 enfilade1727 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun] > others enfilade1727 subhouse1818 showroom1863 master suite1966 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Garden Groves form'd of Rows of Fruit-trees and Forest-trees..make..very agreeable Enfilades. 1730 S. Gale Tour through England in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1781) i. 41 Rooms which..are placed in enfilade. 1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xxxviii The trees have swelled out beyond the line traced for them, and destroyed the enfilade, by advancing into the walks, or retiring from them. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. viii. 126 An enfilade of correspondent gates. 1803 H. Repton Observ. Landscape Gardening viii. 105 A magnificent enfilade through a long line of principal apartments. 2. Military. †a. (See quot.) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Enfilade [in Military Affairs] is the Situation of a Post, so that it can discover and scour all the length of a straight line. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Enfilade,..In the Art of War, the Situation of a Post, that can discover and scour all the Length of a straight Line. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. b. A ‘fire’ from artillery or musketry which sweeps a line of works or men from one end to the other. Also attributive in enfilade fire. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing point and blank1590 false fire1602 potting1613 point-blank1614 running fire1629 pounding1633 bulleting1635 platooning1706 sharp-shot1725 street firing1727 ricochet1740 fire curtain1744 plunging fire1747 reverse fire1758 sniping1773 enfilade1796 rapid fire1800 line-firing1802 concentric1804 sharpshooting1806 rake1810 sniping fire1821 cross-firing1837 file-firing1837 curved fire1854 night firing1856 file-fire1857 volley-firing1859 cross-fire1860 joy-firing1864 snap-shooting1872 stringing1873 pot-shooting1874 indirect fire1879 sweeping1907 rapid1913 curtain of fire1916 ripple1939 ripple-firing1940 ripple fire1961 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 232 Its [sc. the echelon's] prolongation shall..not be exposed to an enfilade. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 286 You would have iron guns instead of brass for your enfilade. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvi. 343 Threatening..his batteries with an enfilade fire. 1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xxv. 518 The space within the works..was exposed to enfilade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). enfiladev. /ɛnfɪˈleɪd/ Etymology: < enfilade n. †1. transitive. To set (trees) so as to form an enfilade. Obsolete (nonce-use.) ΚΠ 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Quincunx Take care that the trees be well squar'd or laid out by a line, and, as it were, enfiladed one with another. 2. a. Military. To subject to an enfilade; to ‘rake’ or to be in a position to ‘rake’ (a line of fortification, a line of troops, a road, etc.) from end to end with a fire in the direction of its length. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > assail with gunfire > rake scour1563 rake1596 overrake1599 berake1685 enfilade1706 sweep1748 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Enfilade, or Enfile the Courtin, Rampart, etc., is to scour or sweep the whole length of such a Work with the Shot. a1755 Expedition to Carthagena (J.) The avenues, being cut through the wood in right lines, were enfiladed by the Spanish cannon. 1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide A work is said to be enfiladed when a gun can be fired into it, so that the shot may go all along the inside of the parapet. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 357 This success made it an operation of no difficulty to enfilade the enemy's position on the left bank. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. v. 159 The bridge..was enfiladed by the enemy's cannon. 1879 C. R. Low Jrnl. Gen. Abbott iv. 333 Our course..was completely enfiladed by a stone breastwork. b. transferred. ΚΠ a1845 R. H. Barham Jerry Jarvis's Wig in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 323 The level beams of the rising or setting sun, as they happened to enfilade the gorge. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxiv. 130 The bow-window of the Club..enfilades Pall Mall. Derivatives enfiˈladed adj. ΚΠ 1812 Examiner 14 Sept. 581/1 Two enfiladed batteries. enfiˈlading adj. ΚΠ 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 33 The continued fire of the first or enfilading batteries. 1866 Harvard Mem. Biog. N. L. Abbott II. 101 The Twentieth..advanced..under an enfilading fire of artillery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1706v.1706
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