sangar

noun

military a breastwork of stone or sods

Word Origin

C19: from Pashto

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Examples from the Web for sangar

Historical Examples

He cunningly arranged his sangar so that he should expose no head at all.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV (of 6)
Louis Creswicke
Then we went on building at the sangar, but without much spirit.
Ladysmith
H. W. Nevinson
Sangar after sangar was obstinately held; each sangar as it was rushed coming at once under fire of the one above it.
Our Soldiers
W.H.G. Kingston
We only just had time to take cover (p. 071) in a sangar as they opened fire from the opposite hill.
A Yeoman's Letters
P. T. Ross
On the left, Bloody Post, a little in advance of the sangar, took its toll of the defenders.
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918
F.L. Morrison

sangar

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for sangar

Historical Examples

He cunningly arranged his sangar so that he should expose no head at all.

Then we went on building at the sangar, but without much spirit.

Sangar after sangar was obstinately held; each sangar as it was rushed coming at once under fire of the one above it.

We only just had time to take cover (p. 071) in a sangar as they opened fire from the opposite hill.

On the left, Bloody Post, a little in advance of the sangar, took its toll of the defenders.