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

When used in this fashion the wooden handle is laid aside, the pick end becomes a handle, and the intrenching tool is used in the same manner as a trowel.

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

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)

He was waving a handkerchief tied to the handle of his intrenching tool.

From Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army by Hall, James Norman

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