entrenching tool

noun

1. intrenching tool.

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrenching tool¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

For this purpose each man in the British army carries a small entrenching tool on his back, as well as two sandbags.

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Another weapon that has proved itself indispensable in this war is the entrenching tool.

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He contrived to invent and patent a motor entrenching tool, supposed to act fifty times quicker than anything else ever seen.

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Those that did not carry a pick, had a spade; and every man carried a special entrenching tool.

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I called for Smith, my servant, and telling him to bring his entrenching tool, I began to prize up some of the tiles.

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