单词 | enfilade |
释义 | enfilade /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; < F, equiv. to enfil(er) to thread, string (en- EN-1 + -filer, deriv. of fil < L filum thread) + -ade -ADE1] |
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