Definition of Sangars

1. Noun. (plural of sangar) ¹

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Definition of Sangars

1. sangar [n] - See also: sangar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sangars

sanenesses
saner
saneroite
sanes
sanest
sanfoin
sang
sang-froid
sang along
sang froid
sanga
sangapenum
sangar
sangaree
sangarees
sangars (current term)
sangas
sangers
sangfroid
sangfroids
sangh
sangha
sanghs
sangiac
sangiacs
sanglier
sangliers
sangoma
sangomas
sangrail

Literary usage of Sangars

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Relief of Chitral by George John Younghusband, Francis Edward Younghusband (1895)
"The infantry having deployed A and C companies kept the enemy engaged directly in front along the main line of sangars, the latter company occasionally ..."

2. Cassell's History of the Boer War, 1899-1902 by Richard Danes (1903)
"The Gordons occupied the first line of sangars and fired from cover at the Boers ... With unparalleled rapidity the six guns hurl shrapnel at the sangars. ..."

3. The Green Horse in Ladysmith by St. John Gore (1901)
"I employed my whole force in constructing a line of sangars rather below the outer crest line, from which fire could be brought to bear down the slope of ..."

4. With Kelly to Chitral by William George Lawrence Beynon (1896)
"All the garrisons of the sangars turned out, and I counted them—there were over a hundred in each. The commander-in-chief rode up the whole length of the ..."

5. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"... huge rocky bowlders standing out prominently conspicuous up to the very top, and the sides of the mountain were bristling with strongly built 'sangars. ..."

6. The Relief of Chitral by George John Younghusband, Francis Edward Younghusband (1895)
"The infantry having deployed A and C companies kept the enemy engaged directly in front along the main line of sangars, the latter company occasionally ..."

7. Cassell's History of the Boer War, 1899-1902 by Richard Danes (1903)
"The Gordons occupied the first line of sangars and fired from cover at the Boers ... With unparalleled rapidity the six guns hurl shrapnel at the sangars. ..."

8. The Green Horse in Ladysmith by St. John Gore (1901)
"I employed my whole force in constructing a line of sangars rather below the outer crest line, from which fire could be brought to bear down the slope of ..."

9. With Kelly to Chitral by William George Lawrence Beynon (1896)
"All the garrisons of the sangars turned out, and I counted them—there were over a hundred in each. The commander-in-chief rode up the whole length of the ..."

10. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"... huge rocky bowlders standing out prominently conspicuous up to the very top, and the sides of the mountain were bristling with strongly built 'sangars. ..."

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