slit trench
Americannoun
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a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
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a foxhole.
noun
Etymology
Origin of slit trench
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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In this photo, Suehiro is standing waist-deep in a mud-filled slit trench, clutching a rifle.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2020
Dennis B. Wilson thought of some of the verses while sheltering in a slit trench in Normandy.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2012
They had heard his plane and were safely in a slit trench when the bombs fell.
From Forbes ● Oct. 21, 2012
As darkness fell on the first night, Scheer said he dug a narrow slit trench about two feet deep and tried to sleep.
From Washington Post
Hungry Joe was babbling incoherently when they fished him out from the dank bottom of the slit trench, babbling of snakes, rats and spiders.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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