camoufletn.

/ˈkamuːfleɪ/

Etymology: French: see Littré.

Military.

1. A mine containing a small charge of powder, placed in a wall of earth between the galleries of besieged and besieger, so as, in exploding, to bury, suffocate, or cut off the retreat of the miner on the opposite side; a ‘stifler’.

ΚΠ

1836 in Penny Cycl. VI. 197/1 Camouflet or Stifler.

1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.

2. A subterranean cavity formed by a bomb exploding beneath the surface of the earth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > made by bomb

crater1839

crump-hole1914

bomb-crater1920

camouflet1941

1941 Nature 17 May 596/2 If the bomb is too deep, the breaking of the surface does not occur; it is simply heaved up and drops back more or less into place. This is called a ‘camouflet’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	camouflet
释义	camoufletn. /ˈkamuːfleɪ/ Etymology: French: see Littré. Military. 1. A mine containing a small charge of powder, placed in a wall of earth between the galleries of besieged and besieger, so as, in exploding, to bury, suffocate, or cut off the retreat of the miner on the opposite side; a ‘stifler’. ΚΠ 1836 in Penny Cycl. VI. 197/1 Camouflet or Stifler. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. 2. A subterranean cavity formed by a bomb exploding beneath the surface of the earth. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > made by bomb crater1839 crump-hole1914 bomb-crater1920 camouflet1941 1941 Nature 17 May 596/2 If the bomb is too deep, the breaking of the surface does not occur; it is simply heaved up and drops back more or less into place. This is called a ‘camouflet’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1836
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