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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
enfilade .
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Examples
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In the morning we expected orders to advance, but as soon as we could use our glasses we found that we were far ahead of our neighbours, and were, in fact, enfiladed from the Turkish positions on our left.
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 David Douglas Ogilvie
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Meanwhile the enemy, desperate but still confident, poured in a heavy fire from his line and from a battery which enfiladed the Brook road, and made Yellow Tavern an uncomfortably hot place.
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On their left flank, Stuart pushed forward at least a dozen cannon, which enfiladed the Federal ranks.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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The ditch was enfiladed by cannon mounted on triangular bastions.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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The ditch was enfiladed by cannon mounted on triangular bastions.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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On their left flank, Stuart pushed forward at least a dozen cannon, which enfiladed the Federal ranks.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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Nemours showed him at once what use to make of the army under his orders, and having enfiladed his National Guard battalions, and placed his artillery in echelons, he formed his cavalry into hollow squares on the right and left of his line, flinging out a cloud of howitzers to fall back upon the main column.
Burlesques 2006
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Nemours showed him at once what use to make of the army under his orders, and having enfiladed his National Guard battalions, and placed his artillery in echelons, he formed his cavalry into hollow squares on the right and left of his line, flinging out a cloud of howitzers to fall back upon the main column.
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Thence he made his way, with the kitten skirmishing along beside him in the grass, to a staircase that led to a lump of projecting rock that enfiladed the huge green majesty of the Horseshoe Fall.
The War in the Air Herbert George 2006
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He insisted that the column of attack would be enfiladed from Round Top.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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