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nouna pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy. Origin of rifle pitFirst recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby rifle pitrifle bird, rifled slug, rifle green, rifle grenade, rifleman, rifle pit, rifle range, riflery, riflescope, rifling, rift Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rifle pitKnowing this, they tore on till the rifle-pit was only a hundred yards away. A Dash from Diamond City|George Manville Fenn That night the regiment occupied a rifle-pit about half a mile from the river. The Seventh Regiment|George L. Wood All Virginia, from the Rapidan to Richmond, was a rifle-pit and an earthwork. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century|Various Not until he found himself back in the rifle-pit, however, did he even know that he was wounded. Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers|Samuel Scoville
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