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

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)

Conditions may require men to work in pairs, one firing while the other uses his intrenching tool.

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

As soon as each soldier was in place he began burrowing with his intrenching tool.

From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

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

I took my small intrenching tool, scraped away the dirt I had dug, and began cleaning away near the base of a big boulder.

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