foxhole
noun
Origin of foxhole
Related Words for foxhole
gully, dike, trough, gorge, moat, pit, waterway, cellar, cave, rut, canal, cut, excavation, tube, gutter, dugout, hollow, arroyo, drain, sinkExamples from the Web for foxhole
Contemporary Examples of foxhole
[He tears off the tape] They stole into my foxhole at night and covered my face with Scotch tape.
But what if a soldier had my book in their foxhole: would they curse me or thank me?
Some colleagues viewed him as “calm, friendly, collected, a foxhole type of guy.”
So he would go from foxhole to foxhole and, by any means, would get his men to fight.
Instead, we'll talk about the group shower, unit cohesion, foxhole flirtation.
Historical Examples of foxhole
A grenade had come flying into the foxhole where Dane and Harding had felt reasonably safe.
Dead RingerLester del Rey
With morning he was half a mile away, in a foxhole less than sixty yards from the massive outer perimeter of the arena.
StalemateBasil Eugene Wells
The foxhole had two entrances, both well-concealed, and he had rigged elaborate warning devices should the vicinity be approached.
StalemateBasil Eugene Wells
The shower of rock is somewhat reminiscent of Ungava's meteor spray or splintered debris forced down a soldier's foxhole.
The Land of Look BehindPaul Cameron Brown
And while an officer wouldn't be expected to pitch a tent, he would dig his own foxhole, unless he was well up in grade.
The Armed Forces OfficerU. S. Department of Defense