An entrenching tool or E-tool is a collapsible spade used by military forces for a variety of military purposes. Survivalists, freedivers, campers, hikers and other outdoors groups have found it to be indispensable in field use. Modern entrenching tools are usually collapsible and made using steel, aluminum, or other light metals. ==History and de...
[n] - a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches
trenching spade noun a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches