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

Whistling louder than ever, and looking vacant of countenance, he walked boldly toward the first rifle pit, and, when the sharp hail of the German sentry came, he promptly threw up his hands.

From The Hosts of the Air by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Observing this air on their return to the rifle pit, Ambrose's eye brightened.

From The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Footner, Hulbert

The coats sat oddly on their long frames, but fortunately there was as yet very little light, and in the gray gloom they presented a tolerable resemblance to the late tenants of the rifle pit.

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

About 2 miles west of Bontoc is a Spanish rifle pit, and there the Spanish soldiers, now swelled to about 600 men, lay in wait for the insurrectos.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest

I've served my cause as best I could; in the saddle or the rifle pit; in the woods, or creeping through your lines.

From The Littlest Rebel by Peple, Edward Henry