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/kəmjˌunəkˈeɪʃən trɛntʃ/ Listen

Communication trench

noun

A trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position. Synonym: approach trench.

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"Communication trench" Quotes from Famous Books

... sudden clatter and almost blinded by an upheaval of earth and dust. Clearing his eyes he discovered the ruined remains of his repast, and, lying between his legs, an unexploded broomstick bomb that had glanced off the opposite wall of the communication trench and slid into the excavation. Somebody in the Battalion tacked a story on to this occurrence. It was said that this officer's batman, having observed the arrival of the bomb, approached the dugout and, peering cautiously ...

— The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I • Herbert Brayley Collett

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... received when the Germans "got their range to an inch" and began shelling their trenches. A whole company next to Alan was wiped out, and he started to go back to tell his Colonel the trench could not be held. The communication trench by which he went was not quite finished, and he had to get out into the open and race across to where the unfinished trench began again. Poor child, running for his life! He was badly hit in the groin, but managed just ...

— My War Experiences in Two Continents • Sarah Macnaughtan

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Words linked to "Communication trench" : approach trench, trench