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sangar

/ ˈsʌŋɡə /

noun

  1. military a breastwork of stone or sods
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sangar1

C19: from Pashto
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Example Sentences

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

They had reached a point above the enemy's left forward sangar, and were firing into it with great effect.

Sangar, sang′gar, n. a stone breastwork: a low wall of loose stones, used as cover for soldiers.

As the handful of men crept up the rocky slope a sangar came into view, which was suggestive.

They made straight for the sangar and formed in a circle round it, firing outwards without visible target.

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