- Military.
- 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.
- the fire thus directed.
- Architecture.
- an axial arrangement of doorways connecting a suite of rooms with a vista down the whole length of the suite.
- an axial arrangement of mirrors on opposite sides of a room so as to give an effect of an infinitely long vista.
- to attack with an enfilade.
- a position or formation subject to fire from a flank along the length of its front
- to subject (a position or formation) to fire from a flank
- to position (troops or guns) so as to be able to fire at a flank
