sangar
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
/ˈsaŋə/
(UK)
Definition of sangar
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(UK)A stone breastwork; a fortified niche or look-out post.
“At the summits of these the enemy sharpshooters waited for them in sangars, or rock-built entrenchments, each of which had to be taken before the advance could safely continue.”
“A sangar is a breastwork in the form of stonewalls built without bounding material. If stones are unavailable at or near the picket site sandbags are brought in to build the sangar.”
“As the sun finally set, the rebels rushed the sangars, but were cut to pieces by the deadly accurate SAS fire.”
“The game′s up, thought Piet as the Burghers returned fire and moved forward to attack the sangar.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Pashto سنګر (sangar) or from Persian سنگر (sangar).
Anagrams of sangar
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