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Fire trench   /fˈaɪər trɛntʃ/   Listen
Fire trench

noun
1.
A trench especially constructed for the delivery of small-arms fire.





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"Fire trench" Quotes from Famous Books



... and by moving the two men on each flank two paces outwards, and the two centre men two paces backwards, and then causing the section to dig "on the line of their toes," there will result (even on the darkest night) a short fire trench with a central traverse. This sectional trench can be connected at the first opportunity with trenches dug by other sections similarly extended. During the Retreat from Mons (August-September, 1914) the "Contemptible Little Army," under Marshal French, frequently ...
— Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers • Anonymous


Words linked to "Fire trench" :   trench


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