entrenching tool
noun
Origin of entrenching tool
1First recorded in 1765–75
Words Nearby entrenching tool
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How to use entrenching tool in a sentence
For this purpose each man in the British army carries a small entrenching tool on his back, as well as two sandbags.
Training for the Trenches | Leslie VickersAnother weapon that has proved itself indispensable in this war is the entrenching tool.
Training for the Trenches | Leslie VickersHe contrived to invent and patent a motor entrenching tool, supposed to act fifty times quicker than anything else ever seen.
Vision House | C. N. WilliamsonThose that did not carry a pick, had a spade; and every man carried a special entrenching tool.
Australia in Arms | Phillip F.E. SchulerI called for Smith, my servant, and telling him to bring his entrenching tool, I began to prize up some of the tiles.
Bullets & Billets | Bruce Bairnsfather
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