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fire bay

fire bay noun: a trench, or section of a trench, with a concealed parapet from which soldiers can fire on the enemy.

Noun

fire bay (plural fire bays)

  1. A trench, or section of a trench, with a concealed parapet from which soldiers can fire on the enemy.
    • Presently Corporal Hamley motioned him forward into the next fire-bay.1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 219
    • In the third fire bay he found Sawdon and Towers crouched down over a small fire made out of shredded sandbags and candle ends, coaxing the flames.1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 138

Forms of fire bay

pluralfire bays

Questions about fire bay

What does fire bay mean?
Fire bay means a trench, or section of a trench, with a concealed parapet from which soldiers can fire on the enemy.
What part of speech is fire bay?
Fire bay is a noun.
What is the plural of fire bay?
The plural of fire bay is fire bays.

Words near fire bay in the dictionary

  1. fire balloons
  2. fire barn
  3. fire barns
  4. fire basket
  5. fire baskets
  6. fire bay
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  8. fire beater
  9. fire beaters
  10. fire beetle
  11. fire beetles

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