firetrench
firetrench is the alternative form of fire trench.
Meaning of fire trench
Noun
fire trench (plural fire trenches)
- A deep trench from which one can fire on the enemy.
- One night in particular the front line was stubbornly pounded with minenwerfers (it was a ‘minnywafer’ sector, and one often turned cold in the firetrench as one heard the approaching swish of these monsters).1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 79
Forms of firetrench
| plural | firetrenches |
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Questions about firetrench
- What is firetrench the alternative form of?
- Firetrench is the alternative form of fire trench.
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