Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also
trapholes .
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- noun A
pit in the form of aninverted cone orpyramid , constructed as anobstacle to theapproach of anenemy , and having apointed stake in the middle.
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- noun a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy
Etymologies
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French trou hole + de of + loup wolf.
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