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Camonflet

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Camonflet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/camonflet.html. 1828.