rifle pit

American  

noun

1. a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy.

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Etymology

Origin of rifle pit

First recorded in 1850–55

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rifle pit

With consuming energy, in armies of thousands, they worked with pick and shovel till every yard of ground commanding a landing place was trench or rifle pit or gun emplacement.

From Winning a Cause World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez

On the 21st of August they drove the rebels from a rifle pit in their front, capturing forty prisoners, just four times as many as there were men in their own ranks.

From Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters by Ripley, William Y. W.

"Sand rat"--a soldier on duty in the rifle pit during target practice.

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

Some of our boys in the rifle pits declared they heard the Johnnies clap as I jumped down into the rifle pit on my return.

From Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts by Stone, James Madison

At last Ken was able to see through the gloom a low parapet of earth which was evidently the front of a regular rifle pit.

From On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles by Bridges, T. C. (Thomas Charles)