blindage

British

/ ˈblaɪndɪdʒ /

noun

military (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench

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He had since his arrival constructed some pieces of blindage of oak, fourteen inches square and fifteen feet long, which extended behind the great house on the lake shore, the place most sheltered for a hospital.

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It stood over a high cellarage, and opposite the cellar door was a brand-new blindage of earth packed between timbers.

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