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noun
a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
a foxhole.
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Origin of slit trench
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby slit trench
slit-drum, slit fricative, slither, slithery, slit pocket, slit trench, Sliven, sliver, sliver building, slivovitz, SLMA
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How to use slit trench in a sentence
Guys are quick to tell me about accidentally crapping in their pants at night because they couldn’t use a flashlight to see where the slit trench was.
We Want to Hear Stories of Heroism—But Those Aren’t the War Stories Veterans Want to Tell|Kevin Maurer|November 11, 2020|TimeThe opposite bank was manned by Germans, and in the darkness Deane-Drummond fell into a slit trench on top of a German soldier.
British Dictionary definitions for slit trench
slit trench
noun
military a narrow trench dug for the protection of a small number of people
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