trous-de-loup
/ (ˌtruːdəˈluː) /
nounplural trous-de-loup (ˌtruːdəˈluː)
military any of a series of conical-shaped pits with a stake fixed in the centre, formerly used as protection against enemy cavalry
Origin of trous-de-loup
1C18: from French, literally: wolf's holes
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How to use trous-de-loup in a sentence
The Roxbury road ran through a narrow passage between two bastions of earth, surrounded with a heavy abatis and trous de loup.
Cardigan | Robert W. ChambersMilitary pits or trous de loup are excavations in the shape of an inverted cone or pyramid, with a pointed stake in the bottom.
Manual of Military Training | James A. MossBeyond the two ditches, were trous-de-loup, or wolf-traps, from twenty to seventy feet apart.
Cuba | Arthur D. Hall
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