enfilading
- present participle of enfilade.
Example Sentences
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Batteries of German cannon and machine guns, perched on the cliffs and hidden in caves, could turn an enfilading fire on the beaches, which bristled with barbed wire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Different from our trench, which was protected from enfilading only by cross walls at intervals, this trench zigzagged; moreover, its parapet was wattled.
From At Plattsburg by French, Allen
The other ships were to fire at angles with the fort so as to make an enfilading fire as much as possible.
From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous
On the way we passed many small trenches and sniping pits evidently made for enfilading fire.
From With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service by Burne, C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate)
Fusiliers to change direction to their right, extend, and endeavour to beat down the enemy's enfilading musketry, which was pouring across the plain, here smooth as a glacis and as destitute of cover.
From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office
