• (n.) 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.
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Ca·mon'flet noun [ French]
(Mil.) 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.
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A camonflet was a type of booby-trap consisting of 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.
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