entrenching tool

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entrenching tool (plural entrenching tools)

  1. (military) A short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat.
    • 2014, Harry Turtledove, Hitler's War:
      In between rounds, he dug a scrape for himself with his entrenching tool.

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