Look up: Trou-de-loup


  1. Trou de loup
    In medieval fortification, a trou de loup (French for "wolf hole"; plural trous de loup, also commonly referred to as a tiger pit in the East) was a type of booby trap or defensive obstacle. Each trou de loup consisted of a conical pit about 2 m (6 ft 6 in) deep and 1.2 to 2 m (3.9 to 6.5 ft) wide ...
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  2. trou-de-loup
    [n] - a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy
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  3. trou-de-loup
    A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes. ... Origin: F. Trou = hole, de = of, loup = wolf. ... (28 Oct 1998) ...
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  4. trou-de-loup
    noun a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy
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  5. Trou-de-loup
    • (n.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes.
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  6. Trou-De-Loup
    A trou-de-loup or traphole was a pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle.
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  7. Trous-de-loup
    • (pl. ) of Trou-de-loup
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