entrenching tool

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entrenching tool

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Noun

entrenching tool (plural entrenching tools)

1. (military) A short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat.

   Synonym: E-tool

   Coordinate term: trencher (machine)

   • 2014, Harry Turtledove, Hitler's War:

     In between rounds, he dug a scrape for himself with his entrenching tool.

Related terms

• entrenchment

Translations

short shovel

Czech: polní lopatka f German: Klappspaten (de) m Russian: сапёрная лопа́тка f (sapjórnaja lopátka)