camonflet
English
Etymology
French
Noun
camonflet (plural camonflets)
- (military) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 camonflet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)