entrenching tool

noun

A short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat; also used by campers.

Similar
E-tooltrenching spade
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Meanings

nounentrenching tool (plural entrenching tools)

plural entrenching tools

  1. governmentA short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat; also used by campers.

    In between rounds, he dug a scrape for himself with his entrenching tool.

    2014, Harry Turtledove, Hitler's War

    Synonyms: E-tool, e-tool

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat; also used by campers.

Similar
E-toole-tool

More synonyms by meaning

nouna hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches

Similar
trenching spade
Broader
hand shovel
Also see
e-tool

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 工兵鏟 /工兵铲
  • 工兵鏟 /工兵铲 (gōngbīngchǎn)short shovel
Czech polní lopatka
  • polní lopatkashort shovel
Finnish kenttälapio
  • kenttälapioshort shovel
German Klappspaten, Feldspaten
  • Klappspatenshort shovel
  • Feldspatenshort shovel
Italian vanghetta
  • vanghettashort shovel
Korean 야전삽
  • 야전삽 (yajeonsap)short shovel
Russian сапёрная лопа́тка
  • сапёрная лопа́тка (sapjórnaja lopátka)short shovel
Cite this entry
APA

entrenching tool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrenching%20tool

MLA

“entrenching tool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrenching%20tool. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entrenching tool,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrenching%20tool.

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