entrenching tool


Origin of entrenching tool

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First 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 Vickers
  • Another weapon that has proved itself indispensable in this war is the entrenching tool.

    Training for the Trenches | Leslie Vickers
  • He contrived to invent and patent a motor entrenching tool, supposed to act fifty times quicker than anything else ever seen.

    Vision House | C. N. Williamson
  • Those that did not carry a pick, had a spade; and every man carried a special entrenching tool.

    Australia in Arms | Phillip F.E. Schuler
  • I 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