intrenching tool

American  

Or entrenching tool

noun

1. a small, collapsible spade used by a soldier in the field for digging foxholes and the like.

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Example Sentences

Place the intrenching tool in the carrier and secure.

From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver

Every man carried with him three empty sandbags and his intrenching tool.

From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by Gallishaw, John

The rear-rank man next inserts an intrenching tool or a bayonet, in its scabbard, under the rear end of the tent, the front rank man pegging down the end of the guy rope.

From The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training by Ellis, Olin Oglesby

Keep your intrenching tool free from rust, being especially careful that no rust gets into the sockets.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)

With the intrenching tool, troops can quickly throw up a low parapet about 3 feet thick which will furnish considerable cover against rifle fire, but scarcely any against shrapnel.

From Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by Department, United States War