enfilade
noun
[ ˌɛnfɪˈleɪd ]
• a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
• "they were mown down by an enfilade of artillery"
• a suite of rooms with doorways in line with each other.
enfilade
verb
• direct a volley of gunfire along the length of (a target).
• "a sweeping crossfire enfiladed our riflemen"
Origin:
early 18th century (denoting the position of a military post commanding the length of a line): from French, from enfiler ‘thread on a string, pierce from end to end’, from en- ‘in, on’ + fil ‘thread’.
