enfilade.

1. A series of rooms whose doorways are aligned so that a continuous view runs through them.

2. Gunfire directed along the length of an enemy position rather than across its front.

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Words that belong together

• an enfilade of rooms
• formal enfilade

On the page

The open doors revealed an enfilade ending at a bright window.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular enfilade; plural enfilades. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: enfilades.