schantze

schantze noun: a type of stone fortification.

Noun

schantze (plural schantzes)

(obsolete) A type of stone fortification.
- After proceeding some distance — about three miles this side of Norton's farm — the advance scouts were fired on from schantzes in a kopje adjoining the road.1898, Reports on the Native Disturbances in Rhodesia, 1896-97, page 102
- At 7 a.m. they opened fire upon the long lines of schantzes which dotted every crestline and were the only visible sign of the enemy's presence.1901, Foster Hugh Egerton Cunliffe, The History of the Boer War to the Occupation of Bloemfontein

Round the dome the insurgents had built little stone schantzes, and each had a dull brown stain behind it; round about lay a few cartridge-cases and old rags.1905, John L. C. Booth, Troubles in the Balkans, page 184:
In 1907 the defendant erected a schantze or stone weir inside his boundary so as to confine the water to the former course, and to prevent it coming on to his land at times of ordinary flood.1908, South African Law Journal, volume 25, page 57:

plural	schantzes
alternative form	schanze

Compare German Schanze (“entrenchment, redoubt”).

What does schantze mean?: Schantze means a type of stone fortification.
How do you use schantze in a sentence?: Round the dome the insurgents had built little stone schantzes, and each had a dull brown stain behind it; round about lay a few cartridge-cases and old rags.
What part of speech is schantze?: Schantze is a noun.
What is the plural of schantze?: The plural of schantze is schantzes.

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