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Definition of Slit trench
1. Noun. Narrow trench for shelter in battle.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slit Trench
Literary usage of Slit trench
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"I had a grandstand seat from a slit trench on the side of a small hill just off
the edge of and overlooking Seven Mile ..."
2. The South Sea Islanders and the Queensland Labour Trade: A Record of Voyages by William T. Wawn (1893)
"A young man told Read that during an air raid at Wau he had run into a slit trench
only to find that it was occupied by Australian soldiers. ..."
3. Letters from the Pacific: A Combat Chaplain in World War II by Russell Cartwright Stroup (2000)
"... in the rear a long slit trench. It's amusing to see ten figures leap out of
their respective hammocks and go streaking for the trench, tumbling in with ..."
4. Creating the New World: Stories & Images from the Dawn of the Atomic Age by Theodore Rockwell (2003)
"The experience was over, but I would not soon forget it. Figure 1.2 Troops climb
from their slit-trench and prepare to move in toward Ground Zero (National ..."
5. Creating the New World: Stories & Images from the Dawn of the Atomic Age by Theodore Rockwell (2003)
"The experience was over, but I would not soon forget it. Figure 1.2 Troops climb
from their slit-trench and prepare to move in toward Ground Zero (National ..."
6. Theirs Were But Human Hearts: A Local History of Three Thameside Parishes by Brian Brenchley Wheals (1984)
"... the country and the mole- catcher had hardly finished clearing Wooburn Park
before a slit trench was dug into its turf. The newly opened TA hut opposite ..."
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