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fire steps

fire steps is the plural of fire step.

Meaning of fire step

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

Questions about fire steps

What is fire steps the plural of?
Fire steps is the plural of fire step.

Words near fire steps in the dictionary

  1. fire stairs
  2. fire starter
  3. fire station
  4. fire stations
  5. fire step
  6. fire steps
  7. fire stone
  8. fire stop
  9. fire stops
  10. fire storm
  11. fire storms

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