| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Camonflet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Camonflet \Ca*mon"flet\, noun. [French expression]. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.[Websters]. | |
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Date "CAMONFLET" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Camonflet \Ca*mon"flet\, noun. [French expression]. (references) |
