rifle pit
English
Noun
rifle pit (plural rifle pits)
- (military) A trench for sheltering sharpshooters.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rifle pit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)