sap roller

noun

A large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.

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Meanings

nounsap roller (plural sap rollers)

plural sap rollers

  1. datedgovernmentA large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.
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APA

sap roller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sap%20roller

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sap roller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sap%20roller.

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