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sap shields

sap shields is the plural of sap shield.

Meaning of sap shield

Noun

sap shield (plural sap shields)

  1. A metal plate that shelters a sapper.
    • The junctions of the gabions, as well as the most advanced gabion before it is filled, are covered by means of Knight's sap shields (steel plates mounted on wheels, see Fig. 382), which move along the berm, the front one fitting close against the sap roller.1884, George Philips, Text Book on Fortification, Etc: For the Use of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst

Questions about sap shields

What is sap shields the plural of?
Sap shields is the plural of sap shield.

Words near sap shields in the dictionary

  1. sap roller
  2. sap rollers
  3. sap rot
  4. sap rots
  5. sap shield
  6. sap shields
  7. sap stain
  8. sap tube
  9. sap tubes
  10. sap-wood
  11. sap-woods

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