enfilade
enfilading
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present participleof enfilade.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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
The batteries from our side were playing from a hill on the east side of Antler's Run, pouring a galling enfilading fire into the rebel Une.
From Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles by John McElroy
The Gunners, as usual, behaved with the utmost gallantry, but they too came under the same enfilading fire as the Dorsets and every man of the detachment except Captain Boscawen fell either killed or wounded.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton
The opportunities offered by the ground for enfilading the enemy's lines were fully utilized, and did much to secure the success of our attack.
From World's War Events, Vol. II by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
So, also, if we can obtain an oblique or enfilading fire on his troops, it will be very destructive.
From A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry by Francis J. (Francis James) Lippitt
