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noun
A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A line, drawn winding about, in order to enclose several tracts of land, or to attack some works.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed from French boyau. Doublet of bowel.
Across languages
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