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TRENCHING SPADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trenching spade mean?
• TRENCHING SPADE (noun)
The noun TRENCHING SPADE has 1 sense:
1. a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches
Familiarity information: TRENCHING SPADE 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 ("trenching spade" is a kind of...):
hand shovel (a shovel that is operated by hand)
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