entrenching tool

American  

noun

1. intrenching tool.

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Etymology

Origin of entrenching tool

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

You are trying to destroy enemy fighters with rifles and hand grenades and entrenching tools at close range.

From Washington Post

“For the rest of the night I was batting hand grenades away with my entrenching tool while firing my rifle at them,” he said in 2001.

From Washington Post

On a recent afternoon, Johnson trekked through the woods toward the site with a bucket in one hand, a battered US army entrenching tool in the other.

From The Guardian

He dug on his knees with an entrenching tool while the man beside him threw up in the sand before lying down with his helmet across his face and fainting.

From Literature

With his entrenching tool, which weighed 5 pounds, he began digging a hole in the earth.

From Literature