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ENTRENCHING TOOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does entrenching tool mean?
• ENTRENCHING TOOL (noun)
The noun ENTRENCHING TOOL has 1 sense:
1. a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches
Familiarity information: ENTRENCHING TOOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
entrenching tool; trenching spade
Hypernyms ("entrenching tool" is a kind of...):
hand shovel (a shovel that is operated by hand)
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