fire bay

noun

A trench, or section of a trench, with a concealed parapet from which soldiers can fire on the enemy.

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Meanings

nounfire bay (plural fire bays)

plural fire bays

  1. governmentA trench, or section of a trench, with a concealed parapet from which soldiers can fire on the enemy.

    Presently Corporal Hamley motioned him forward into the next fire-bay.

    1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 219
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    In the third fire bay he found Sawdon and Towers crouched down over a small fire made out of shredded sandbags and candle ends, coaxing the flames.

    1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 138
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