Meaning

1 senses
  1. A short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat; also used by campers.

    Klappspaten, Feldspaten

    сапёрная лопа́ткаsapjórnaja lopátka

    a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
short shovel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
short shovel:

Forms

plural: entrenching tools

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

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