Bangalore torpedo

[ bang-guh-lawr tawr-pee-doh ]

noun

1. a metal tube filled with explosives and equipped with a firing mechanism, especially for destroying barbed-wire entanglements, mine fields, etc.

bangalore torpedo

noun

1. an explosive device in a long metal tube, used to blow gaps in barbed-wire barriers

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bangalore torpedo¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bangalore torpedo¹

C20: named after Bangalore , where it was developed