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Enfilading meaning

present participle and gerund of enfilade

Using Enfilading

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of enfilade
  • In the example corpus, enfilading often appears in combinations such as: enfilading fire.

Context around Enfilading

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

allow 1×

Often after:

fire 4×

Sentence patterns with Enfilading

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

avoid the enfilading fire 1× covered by enfilading fire 1× march between enfilading fire from 1× to allow enfilading fire along 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

any attack on 1× as the union 1× curtain walls were 1× the front face 1×

Common sentence endings:

along the wall 1× by enfilading fire 1× la haye sainte 1× the enfilading fire 1×

Words around Enfilading

Just before it in the word index:

enfield 129 enfia 7 enfeoffed 3 enfeebling 4 enfeebled 7 enfeeble 2

Just after it in the word index:

enfin 2 enfinger 2 enfj 2 enflame 2 enflamed 4 enfold 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aapp 7 aarne 7 aaronic 7 aasa 7

Corpus analysis for Enfilading

  • In this selection, "enfilading" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, allow and fire stand out and add context to how "enfilading" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include avoid the enfilading fire and covered by enfilading fire. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "enfilading" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with enfilading

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Curtain walls were studded with towers to allow enfilading fire along the wall. (13 words)

Any attack on his right centre would mean the attackers would have to march between enfilading fire from Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte. (23 words)

As the Union men advanced, Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres 's brigade had to take cover in a gully to avoid the enfilading fire. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

The front face of each box was lightly held by battle outposts and the rest of the box was unoccupied but sowed with mines and explosive traps and covered by enfilading fire. (32 words)

As the Union men advanced, Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres 's brigade had to take cover in a gully to avoid the enfilading fire. (24 words)

Any attack on his right centre would mean the attackers would have to march between enfilading fire from Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte. (23 words)

Example sentences (4)

Any attack on his right centre would mean the attackers would have to march between enfilading fire from Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte.

As the Union men advanced, Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres 's brigade had to take cover in a gully to avoid the enfilading fire.

Curtain walls were studded with towers to allow enfilading fire along the wall.

The front face of each box was lightly held by battle outposts and the rest of the box was unoccupied but sowed with mines and explosive traps and covered by enfilading fire.

Common combinations with enfilading

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "enfilading" in a sentence?
An example: "Any attack on his right centre would mean the attackers would have to march between enfilading fire from Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "enfilading" from authentic English texts.
What does "enfilading" mean?
Enfilading means: present participle and gerund of enfilade
How many example sentences with "enfilading" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "enfilading", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.