Meaning of fire step | Babel Free

Definitions

A step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.

historical

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Examples

“We stood on the fire step with our heads over the top, peering out into No Man's Land.”

“‘One o' the men on the firestep was 'urt too, but they said it was only a nice blighty one.’”

“They spread the lime together, sprinkling it thickly along the firestep, throwing shovelfuls at a bad patch of wall.”

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