fire-step

He had seen through the telescope that the front wall of the courtyard had no fire-step, no platform on which men could stand and keep watch or fire down on attacking Partisans, so the French had little choice.

Sharpe's Gold Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1981

Sleep was confined to what those not on duty could snatch, wrapped only in the extra covering of a waterproof sheet, in a sitting posture on the fire-step.

The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Geoffrey Keith Rose

When the barrage lifts, therefore, it is of vital importance to man the fire-step immediately.

With the British Army in The Holy Land

During the bombardment our fellows had taken shelter in the narrow passage ways behind the traverses, and so lost no time, immediately the barrage lifted, in manning the fire-step.

With the British Army in The Holy Land

He was deaf, and when you spoke to him you had to holler; also, he had a cleft palate so you could hardly understand him when he spoke, but he was a good man in the line and when he was on sentry, he was up on the fire-step looking over all the time; only at night of course.

Into the Jaws of Death Jack O'Brien

Mac jumped on his fire-step, and, looking down the trench, saw beyond it sure enough the poor old _Triumph_ with a heavy list towards him.

The Tale of a Trooper 1930

Mounting the fire-step, he peeped over the parapet between the sandbags, into the low, twisting mist.

VIII. Book Five: “Bidding the Eagles of the West Fly On 1922

Then we walked, up sinister roads, or along communication trenches, to the fire-step in the front line, or into places like "Plug Street" wood and Kemmel village, and the ruins of Vermelles, and the lines by Neuve Chapelle -- the training-schools of

Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919

In trench warfare they did well -- though the fire-step had to be raised to let them see over the top -- and in one raid captured a German machine-gun which I saw in their hands, and hauled it back (a heavier weight than ours) like ants struggling with a stick of straw.

Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919

The Worcesters were standing-to on the fire-step, firing rifle -- grenades and throwing bombs with terrific energy.

Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919