abri
noun
a shelter, especially a dugout.
abris
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pluralof abri.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Elaborate abris, benches and tables woven of boughs about a cleared “Appelplatz,” and rifles, overcoats and other equipment spoke of the occupation of the same woods by the Germans not long before.
From Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division by Frederic R. Kilner
On the other hand, 162, the position of the second platoon, was covered only by camouflage, with the exception of the abris, of course.
From Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division by Frederic R. Kilner
Captain Robbins ordered everyone into the abris till the shelling ceased.
From Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division by Frederic R. Kilner
There was no hope of using it as a short cut to the abris, or shelter, on the other side, while to try to go around it was almost certain death.
From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
Nothing was found in these chambers and passages that could give an approximate date, but in the upper "abris" was some Gaulish pottery.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
