enfilade

noun

1. Military.
   1. 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.
   2. the fire thus directed.
2. Architecture.
   1. an axial arrangement of doorways connecting a suite of rooms with a vista down the whole length of the suite.
   2. an axial arrangement of mirrors on opposite sides of a room so as to give an effect of an infinitely long vista.

verb (used with object), en·fi·lad·ed, en·fi·lad·ing.

3. Military. to attack with an enfilade.

noun

1. a position or formation subject to fire from a flank along the length of its front

verb (tr)

2. to subject (a position or formation) to fire from a flank
3. to position (troops or guns) so as to be able to fire at a flank