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rifle pit

noun

  1. a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rifle pit1

First recorded in 1850–55
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On the 21st of August they drove the rebels from a rifle pit in their front, capturing forty prisoners, just four times as many as there were men in their own ranks.

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There were two target ranges at Kentfield, one for long distance shooting, in the open, and the other in a rifle pit, indoors.

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His blanket roll was cut in several places; his eye was burned and closed by a hot bullet—for several days— The next morning he took in on his back, from a rifle pit to save his life, a wounded comrade and friend under fire.

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The rebels charged with two brigades on a rifle pit, in which the 12th Wisconsin was stationed.

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One of the 10th Iowa killed in rifle pit by our piece.

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