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fire step

fire step noun: a step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.

Noun

fire step (plural fire steps)

  1. (historical) A step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.
    • We stood on the fire step with our heads over the top, peering out into No Man's Land.1917, Arthur Guy Empey, Over The Top
    • ‘One o' the men on the firestep was 'urt too, but they said it was only a nice blighty one.’1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 101

Forms of fire step

pluralfire steps
alternative formfirestep

Questions about fire step

What does fire step mean?
Fire step means a step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.
What part of speech is fire step?
Fire step is a noun.
What is the plural of fire step?
The plural of fire step is fire steps.

Words near fire step in the dictionary

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  2. fire stairs
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  4. fire station
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  6. fire step
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  8. fire stone
  9. fire stop
  10. fire stops
  11. fire storm

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