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firebay

firebay is the alternative form of fire bay.

Meaning of fire bay

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

Forms of firebay

pluralfirebays

Questions about firebay

What is firebay the alternative form of?
Firebay is the alternative form of fire bay.

Words near firebay in the dictionary

  1. firebathes
  2. firebathing
  3. firebaths
  4. Firebaugh
  5. Firebaughs
  6. firebay
  7. firebays
  8. firebed
  9. firebeds
  10. firebeetle
  11. firebeetles

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