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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You can't dig a slit trench and put 20 people in there.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2022
In this photo, Suehiro is standing waist-deep in a mud-filled slit trench, clutching a rifle.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2020
Once the yard is graded and you have this gentle channel that captures and redirects the water around your home, you put a narrow slit trench in the bottom of the swale.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2016
They had heard his plane and were safely in a slit trench when the bombs fell.
From Forbes • Oct. 21, 2012
He walked away from the orderly room with his head down and tumbled into a slit trench and broke his nose.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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