Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of metal pipe filled with an explosive, used primarily to clear a path through barbed wire or to detonate land mines.
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- noun a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Bangalore.]
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