Definition of "enfilade" [en•fi•lade]

• Gunfire directed along the length of a target, such as a column of troops. (noun)
• A target vulnerable to sweeping gunfire. (noun)
• Architecture A linear arrangement of a series of interior doors, as to a suite of rooms, so as to provide a vista when the doors are open. (noun)
• To rake with gunfire. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But 'enfilade' is in my top 5 most awesomest things ever, and 'one armed scissor' rocks my world."
• "The master bath, dining space and living space are arranged enfilade about a centerline that leads through a double-height window wall to a sculpture garden and the park beyond."
• ""Soane's enfilade at Dulwich Picture Gallery is one of the great jewels in the world," says gallery Director Ian Dejardin."