entrenching tool
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of entrenching tool
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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"The lethality of the standard-issue MPL-50 entrenching tool is particularly mythologised in Russia," the ministry said.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2023
“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 • Apr. 14, 2016
He swatted others away with his folding shovel, or entrenching tool.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2016
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 • Aug. 1, 2015
With his entrenching tool, which weighed 5 pounds, he began digging a hole in the earth.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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