What is "enfilades"

Usage examples of "enfilades".

He popped up, from time to time, to keep their interest keen with brief enfilades of needles.

Francesco talked to his mouse even during the ambushes and sudden enfilades, and all of us were on the verge of madness.

There were no good enfilades or overlooks to use and no thick woods to hide from observation.

Drumfire still sounding from the direction of the castle, enfilades that grew fainter and more irregular as the procession drifted away and the last of the Bohemian rebels were captured or killed.