Schantze

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of stone fortification. obsolete

    "After proceeding some distance — about three miles this side of Norton's farm — the advance scouts were fired on from schantzes in a kopje adjoining the road."

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"After proceeding some distance — about three miles this side of Norton's farm — the advance scouts were fired on from schantzes in a kopje adjoining the road."

Etymology

Compare German Schanze (“entrenchment, redoubt”).

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