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

Example Sentences

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.

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There were two target ranges at Kentfield, one for long distance shooting, in the open, and the other in a rifle pit, indoors.

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The rebels charged with two brigades on a rifle pit, in which the 12th Wisconsin was stationed.

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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.

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Thereafter Tourtellotte kept a wary eye out towards the stores, with men in his southern rifle pit and its vicinity constantly on guard, and cautioned to unceasing vigilance, and although several attempts were made by individuals and small parties to reach the warehouses and fire them, they died on the way and none of them ever attained their destination.

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