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sap roller

sap roller noun: a large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.

Noun

sap roller (plural sap rollers)

  1. (dated) A large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.

Forms of sap roller

pluralsap rollers

Questions about sap roller

What does sap roller mean?
Sap roller means a large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.
What part of speech is sap roller?
Sap roller is a noun.
What is the plural of sap roller?
The plural of sap roller is sap rollers.

Words near sap roller in the dictionary

  1. sap fagots
  2. sap green
  3. sap greens
  4. sap moon
  5. sap moons
  6. sap roller
  7. sap rollers
  8. sap rot
  9. sap rots
  10. sap shield
  11. sap shields

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