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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 trenchesplay

  Familiarity information: ENTRENCHING TOOL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENTRENCHING TOOL (noun)


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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